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@PugJesus sets up reforms that would lead into the middle ages, refuses to elaborate. Grows cabbages and dies in peace while the empire burns.
Shitheads escaping consequences has a long history, it would seem.
I actually respect him for that. He ended the clusterfuck of the Third Century which is in itself a great accomplishment, attempted to stabilize the empire (and more or less succeeded) and retired peacefully. I'm the first to lament that our political class is too old and detached from reality, I'm not going to fault a politician who actually decided to step aside and entrust the future to younger people.
Some of his reforms were more successful than others, and some were bad even without the benefit of hindsight, but at least he tried and seemed to genuinely care about improving and stabilizing an empire on the brink of collapse. I give him a 5/10.
I have a long, long laundry list of complaints against him. In fact, I think I struggle to think of anything I actually WOULD praise him for, but I also freely admit that I generally interpret Diocletian's motivations in a predominantly negative light.