Editing Edict on Maximum Prices (section)

== History ==
During the [[Crisis of the Third Century]], [[Roman coins|Roman coinage]] had been greatly [[debasement|debased]] by the numerous emperors and [[Roman usurpers|usurpers]] who minted their own coins, using [[base metal]]s to reduce the underlying metallic value of coins used to pay soldiers and public officials.

Earlier in his reign, as well as in 301 around the same time as the Edict on Prices, Diocletian issued Currency Decrees, which attempted to reform the system of taxation and to stabilize the coinage.

It is difficult to know exactly how the coinage was changed, as the values and even the names of coins are often unknown or have been lost in the historical record. [*Following a time of constant wars for power the reigning authorities looking for campaign resources made a series of changes; Diocletian set the value of coins for saving expenses altering the amount of silver contained in them from 50% and a weight of 5 grams per coin to 1% silver and 3 grams weight producing a huge rise in prices.*] Although the decree was nominally successful for a short time after it was imposed, market forces led to more and more of the decree being disregarded and reinterpreted over time.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

In the edict of Diocletian, it was mentioned that the wine from [[Picenum]] was the most expensive wine, together with Falerno.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13226/13226-h/13226-h.htm|title=The Common People of Ancient Rome, by Frank Frost Abbott|website=www.gutenberg.org|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> [[Vinum Hadrianum]] was produced in Picenum,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dalby|first=Andrew|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdR4jRJCxEsC&dq=Pliny+hadrianum&pg=PA171|title=Food in the Ancient World from A to Z|date=2013-04-15|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-95422-2|pages=171|language=en}}</ref> in the city of ''[[Hatria Picena|Hatria]]'' or ''Hadria'', the old city of [[Atri, Abruzzo|Atri]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sandler|first1=Merton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yq2W6dwJa5gC&dq=hadrianum+wine&pg=PA66|title=Wine: A Scientific Exploration|last2=Pinder|first2=Roger|date=2002-12-19|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-203-36138-2|pages=66|language=en}}</ref>