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Why was the Roman empire too large for one man to govern, according to Diocletian, yet when the empire was far larger in the first century, it was handled fine?

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Why was the Roman empire too large for one man to govern, according to Diocletian, yet when the empire was far larger in the first century, it was handled fine?	10
Seeing the teamtrees.org thing that has exploded recently, this makes me wonder, have there ever been larger projects than this?	1