戴克里先采取了一系列改革措施重振罗马帝国,其中大部分政策为君士坦丁一世继承,并逐渐成为早期拜占廷帝国管理体制的基础。但是,戴克里先所创立的四帝共治制由于自身蕴涵着不可克服的内部矛盾,在戴克里先退位后随即崩溃。此后经过三个王朝以及一个世纪的发展,拜占廷帝国皇位的血亲世袭继承原则得以确立,血统成为皇位继承合法性的来源。与此同时,军队也依然拥有对于皇位继承的强大影响力,血统与军队在皇位继承中形成互相制约的关系。 Diocletian took a series of reform measures to revive the Roman Empire. Most of the policies inherited it, and gradually became the foundation of the Byzantine Empire management system. However, Diocletian created the imperial government because of its inherent insurmountable internal contradictions, which immediately collapsed after Diocletian abdicated. Since then, after three dynasties and a century of development, the principle of hereditary hereditary succession by the throne of the Byzantine Empire has been established. The origin of blood is the source of legitimacy of the succession of the throne. At the same time, the military still possesses a strong influence on the succession of the throne, and the relations between the ancestry and the armed forces in the succession of the throne form a mutually restraining relationship.