CLA233H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Roman Economy, Protection Racket, Calgacus
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The romans work with minemal imperial administration, total administrators in rome is 10 000 (tiny), use roman military force (legions) to back up poilitical system. Local elites in conquered empire do most of the actual adminisatrion, don"t really envelop themselves. Big protection racket, romans collaborate with rcich to extract revenue form poor in form of taxation. Only really needed symbols of loyalty and tax for army. Elites blanace by keeping roman governor away, then they run show so that both them and rome get the cut. Greek was main lanuga efor beurocracy in empire for first half. System is borrowed frorm previous sates, don"t like changing stuff unless they half too. Functioned like the old kingdoms after alexander, tax went towards roman army not their old army. What romans do is borrowed from pre existing kindgoms in east and use towards wild west .
