Edict

AnalysisBy extension it is defined as a type of decree or order issued with particular formality and ceremony, but also, conversely, a demand — like a diktat — to which is attributed the negative meaning of top-down control (for example the use of the recent expression in Italy) by reference to a dictatorial system Notable edictsTelepinu Proclamation, by Telipinu, king of the Hittites. Written c. 1550 BC, it helped archeologists to construct a succession of Hittite Kings. It also recounts Mursili I's conquest of Babylon.Edicts of Ashoka, by the Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, during his reign from 272 BC to 231 BC.Reform of Roman Calendar, Julian Calendar, took effect on 1 January AUC 709 (45 BC).Edictum perpetuum (129), an Imperial revision of the long-standing Praetor's Edict, a periodic document which first began under the late Roman Republic (c. 509–44 BC).Edict on Maximum Prices (301), by Roman EmperorDiocletian. It attempted to reform the Roman system of taxation and to stabilize the coinage.Edict of Serdica (311), by Galerius before his death. This proclamation removed all previous restrictions on the Christian religion, allowing it and all other religions to be practiced thr