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The enormous expenditure on the pay for soldiers and commanders and on military provisions of an massive army of some 40.000 was the main cause for the increase that created hardship in the Roman Empire. The state could barely manage to finance this. This led to an oppressive tax regime. The expansion of the imperial bureaucracy, which became bloated, by the emperor Diocletian was also another important factor.

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