Title: The Reforms of Diocletian and Constantine - Honors History
Headings: Political Reforms
Political Reforms
II. Military Reforms
III. Economic and Social Trends
IV. Constantine's Building Program

Content: Because of this, many of them were bought out by landlords with approval from the government and put to work on the large estates. The lower class citizens also had to pay much more money in taxes because many of the wealthy people found a way out of it. Because of this harsh demand of taxes from the lower class, they were often elated to be invaded by Germanic tribes because even the tribes were less harsh on them than the Roman government itself. The reforms of Diocletian and Constantine lasted for a little while, but they ultimately failed, contributing to the decline of the Roman Empire. IV. Constantine's Building Program
Even though massive construction projects just burdened the budget more, Constantine refused to get rid of them. Because Rome was only a symbolic capital, many of Constantine's projects were in the provinces. From 324 to 330, Constantine built a capital city for the East part of the Empire. He built a city name Constantinople, constructed on the old Greek city of Byzantium, by the Bosporus river. Constantine made the city just as grand as Rome with all of the perks and features he wanted.