HISTORY 307 : Review of G&S Chapters 6-10
Document Summary
Review of garnsey & saller: the roman empire. Their domination of the legal system legitimized their control over property through ownership rights and the use of sanctions, including coercion, to enforce and safeguard the distribution of property in their favor. The division of labor followed from and further reinforced the social hierarchy, since occupational position gave individuals access to (or excluded them from) control of property and the means of production. : this was an agrarian society. Wealth was in land and acquired by inheritance. Only where the family had died out (and there were no adopted heirs) were outsiders able to gain control over resources: emperors could/did not monitor entry into propertied class. Slaves made up a large part of the work force of the wealthy since the end of the. 3rd c bc: in africal the agricultural work force was largely free, dependent non-slave labor systems of one kind or another existed in gaul and asia.
