CLST 201 Lecture 17: CLST 201 – Roman History March 14

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 201
• Professor: Anne Foley

Document Summary

Revenues: 1) provincial taxes, provincial taxes better, controlled local, no more tax farming/abuse, 2) ager publicus, 3) import/ customs duties, empire divided into 8 districts, duties for moving between them, 4) manumission tax, 5) sales tax, inheritance taxes. Census (improved: created to spread taxes evenly, stop abuses. Coinage: money coined only in rome; more control, more official. But, no state financial policy trade, etc. left to individuals, no commercial policy. 2: provincial government, all provinces run by roman officials (governors, etc. as before, local government: In eastern provinces, often complete local autonomy: local customs respected as much as possible. In all provinces, locals rented land from rome: client kingdoms. Independent territories on the borders of the empire: rome semi-control no taxes, may be asked to provide army, most client-kingdoms in east, gradually ended up being taken over as provinces, cursus publicus.