The Cambridge Ancient History: The late empire, A.D. 37-425Cambridge University Press, 1998 - History, Ancient |
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... land through emphyteutic ( or quasi - permanent ) leases , in return for which temporary immunity from tax was offered as a inducement - but in vain , since in the end the burden of taxation was too great . Typical is a law of 386 which ...
... land through emphyteutic ( or quasi - permanent ) leases , in return for which temporary immunity from tax was offered as a inducement - but in vain , since in the end the burden of taxation was too great . Typical is a law of 386 which ...
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... land or labour to meet state demands.25 It would be foolish to deny that land sometimes went out of cultivation or that the state taxation sometimes contributed to this condition , particu- larly in the case of land where profits were ...
... land or labour to meet state demands.25 It would be foolish to deny that land sometimes went out of cultivation or that the state taxation sometimes contributed to this condition , particu- larly in the case of land where profits were ...
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... land had its prestige value . Church fathers like Ambrose constantly drew images of the greedy rich man ' forever extending the boundaries of his villas and driving out his neighbours ' . But Ambrose adds that the rich man's land could ...
... land had its prestige value . Church fathers like Ambrose constantly drew images of the greedy rich man ' forever extending the boundaries of his villas and driving out his neighbours ' . But Ambrose adds that the rich man's land could ...
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