The document summarizes some of the problems that led to the fall of Rome and efforts at reform. Key issues included invasions by Germanic tribes, a weak military, political corruption, economic troubles like inflation and unemployment, and a plague. Two reformers highlighted were Diocletian and Constantine. Diocletian divided the empire, reorganized the military, set price and wage controls, and mandated occupations, but his new rules were ignored. Constantine embraced Christianity, established the city of Constantinople as the new capital, and began the transition to a feudal system with hereditary occupations.

3. Diocletian Constantine Reformer