Diocletian's price edict

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Roman imperial edict economic policy measure price control law

Diocletian's price edict was a sweeping Roman imperial decree issued in 301 CE that attempted to curb inflation by imposing maximum prices and wages across the empire.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Edict on Maximum Prices 3
Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial edict ⓘ
economic policy measure ⓘ
price control law ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Roman Empire ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFoundIn Aezani ⓘ
Aphrodisias ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
consequence black market activity ⓘ
shortages ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
covers clothing ⓘ
foodstuffs ⓘ
military equipment ⓘ
professional services ⓘ
raw materials ⓘ
transport animals ⓘ
dateIssued 301 CE ⓘ
field economic history ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
surface form: Edict on Maximum Prices

Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
surface form: Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium
hasPurpose to control prices ⓘ
to curb inflation ⓘ
to regulate wages ⓘ
historicalAssessment difficult to enforce ⓘ
largely ineffective ⓘ
implementedBy local magistrates ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
includes maximum freight charges ⓘ
maximum retail prices ⓘ
maximum wage scales ⓘ
issuedBy Diocletian ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Diocletian
language Latin ⓘ
legalForm imperial edict ⓘ
legalStatus public law ⓘ
motivatedBy currency debasement ⓘ
severe inflation ⓘ
partOf Diocletian's Tetrarchy ⓘ
surface form: Diocletianic Reforms
penalty confiscation of goods ⓘ
death for violators ⓘ
regulates fees for services ⓘ
maximum prices ⓘ
transport costs ⓘ
wages ⓘ
studiedIn Roman law ⓘ
ancient economic history ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Late Roman Empire

Diocletian's Tetrarchy ⓘ
surface form: Tetrarchy
writtenOn marble inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocletian's Tetrarchy → economicReformContext → Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
Diocletian's price edict → hasAlternativeName → Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edict on Maximum Prices
Diocletian's price edict → hasAlternativeName → Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium
Diocletian → issued → Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edict on Maximum Prices
Diocles → legalReform → Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edict on Maximum Prices