Diocletian's price control decrees were for this reason and many others widely hated, widely ignored and widely worthless at stemming rampant inflation. (just a

Diocletian's price control decrees were for this reason and many others widely hated, widely ignored and widely worthless at stemming rampant inflation. (just as draconian price controls today suffer a similar fate in countries where leaders try to stem the consequences of their own economic mismanagement with arbitrary rules of fluid prices.)