Question

in order to ensure that armies no longer had the power to choose emperors, diocletian: a severed military and political chains of command, making it more difficult for armies to influence politics. b passed laws stipulating that a commander of an army could never be named emperor. c ensured that emperors would always be elected by the senate. d limited the size of the roman army. e asked soldiers to swear oaths of loyalty directly to the emperor.

Explanation:

Diocletian severed military - political command links. This made it hard for armies to influence imperial selection as they previously did by supporting their preferred candidates. Other options like law - passing about army commanders (B), Senate - only elections (C), army size limitation (D), and direct loyalty oaths (E) were not the main methods he used to stop army - influenced emperorship selection.

Answer:

A. severed military and political chains of command, making it more difficult for armies to influence politics.