There were four primary kinds of taxation in ancient Rome: a cattle tax, a land tax, customs, and a tax on the profits of any profession. These taxes were...

following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ancient Rome: Ancient Rome – former civilization that thrived on the Italian Peninsula as...

This is a list of the taxes levied by ancient Rome. Tributum soli, the tax on land. Collatio lustralis, was a tax on anyone who makes a product, or provides...

In modern historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman...

Capitoline Jupiter, the major center of ancient Roman religion. The fiscus Iudaicus was a humiliation for the Jews. In Rome, a special procurator known as procurator...

mainly affected the rural population) and also subject Italy to direct taxation, which had not been the case before. Ideally, the tax estimate should take...

part of the power-balancing mechanism of ancient Rome. Tax farming deals in newly acquired eastern provinces in Asia Minor proved to be a highly lucrative...

documented in sources pertaining to Roman law, inscriptions, and papyri. It was one of three major indirect taxes levied on Roman citizens in the provinces...

the exception of the Vestal Virgins. It was first imposed by the censors in 403 BC under the Lex Papia Poppaea. It was one of the many measures against...

Freeborn women in ancient Rome were citizens (cives), but could not vote or hold political office. Because of their limited public role, women are named...

In Ancient Rome, Tributum was a tax imposed on the citizenry to fund the costs of war. The Tributum was one of the central reasons for the conducting...

2001, p. 184. ISBN 0-85323-605-4 G. E. M. De Ste Croix. The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World. Cornell University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8014-9597-0...

Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy. Unskilled or low-skill slaves labored in the fields, mines, and mills with...

In ancient Rome, munera (Latin plural; singular munus) were public works and entertainments provided for the benefit of the Roman people by individuals...

ISBN 978-1-108-58063-2. Ermatinger, James W. (2015-08-11). The World of Ancient Rome: A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Daily Life Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO...

scholars of ancient Rome have found difficulty in defining who was considered to be living in poverty due to their lack of significant coverage in the historical...

hordearium was not paid. Livy; Foster, Benjamin O. (tr.). The History of Rome 1.43.9. Retrieved Nov 9, 2019. Cic. de Rep. II.20. Gaius, l.c.) "LacusCurtius:...

vicesima hereditatum ("twentieth of inheritance") was levied by Rome's first emperor, Augustus, in the last decade of his reign. The 5% tax applied only to inheritances...

being in ports and key mountain routes. There was even a Quadragesima location in Rome, meaning there might also be a movement of the taxes collected in Gaul...

The Tributum capitis was a poll tax in ancient Rome. The ancient Romans imposed a tributum capitis (poll tax) as one of the principal direct taxes on the...

right to distrain, as they had in the case of the aes hordearium. Livy; Foster, Benjamin O. (tr.). The History of Rome 1.43.8–10. Retrieved Nov 9, 2019...

The Vicesima libertatis, also known as the Vicesima Manumissionum was an ancient Republican Roman tax on freed slaves. It is unclear how the tax was collected...

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican state of ancient Rome. It is generally understood to mean the period and territory ruled by the Romans following...

practice reflects an early instance of proportional taxation The Roman Empire Taxation in ancient Rome demonstrated a proportional tax, where citizens were...

Kingdom, also referred to as the Roman monarchy or the regal period of ancient Rome, was the earliest period of Roman history when the city and its territory...

(cf. Aristophanes, The Acharnians, v. 477-478). Direct taxation was not well-developed in ancient Greece. The eisphorá (εἰσφορά) was a tax on the wealth...

the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce...

The military of ancient Rome was one of largest pre-modern professional standing armies that ever existed. At its height, protecting over 7,000 kilometers...

The term veteran in ancient Rome designated a soldier at the end of his service, in whatever corps he had served (praetorian or urban cohorts, legions...

which it waged three wars. Rome defeated Carthage at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, becoming the dominant power of the ancient Mediterranean world. It then...