Diocletian's Treaty of Rome and Egypt

Diocletian wanted the empire to function as one coordinated mechanism, with all parts working in concert with one another for the betterment of the whole. To this end he also iitiated two highly unpopular shifts, at least in the affected regions: italy and egypt. The italians had been exempt from taxation and had always enjoyed certain other little perks that came with being the home base of the empire. But now that was over, divided into 16 districts and watched over by a vicar, italy was now treated just like any other province. Only the city of rome itself maintained its exemption, one of the few deferential nods diocletian ever made to the