. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. ake it impossible for them to raise successfully thestandard of The records of the empire show thatduring the one hundred and fifty years immediately pre-ceding the accession of Constantine, almost one hundredgovernors of provinces had ventured to rebel against theimperial authority. With an aim similar to that which he had in view insubdividing the provinces, Constantine also reduced the sizeof the legion (par. 36) to fifteen hundred men, and dis-tributed the legionaries in such a way throughout theprovinces and
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. ake it impossible for them to raise successfully thestandard of The records of the empire show thatduring the one hundred and fifty years immediately pre-ceding the accession of Constantine, almost one hundredgovernors of provinces had ventured to rebel against theimperial authority. With an aim similar to that which he had in view insubdividing the provinces, Constantine also reduced the sizeof the legion (par. 36) to fifteen hundred men, and dis-tributed the legionaries in such a way throughout theprovinces and along the frontiers as to lessen the chancesof successful conspiracy and revolt. To give still further security to the throne, Constantinedivided the civil and military powers, appointing two 7 See accompanying map. These prefectural divisions were essen-tially a perpetuation of the fourfold division*of the empire that hadbeen made by Diocletian (par. 240, n. 7). 8 This policy had been initiated by Diocletian. Under him the num-ber of provinces was about one < 0 J par fhalons \»* & s^7 ^~. x& P9&^T~^^ Lk^ \ ^\ ° J i $W ) V^VEjavenna CORSICA/] f\ ftf OstiaS <£ <e Lo^ufe( £** • vi ?Q ^\SICILIA Cartha go^^ ^x^v_^ \Syra< THE BOMAN EMPIRE DIVIDED INTO PREFECTURES^
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