Power and public finance at Rome, 264-49 BCE / James Tan.

Author: Tan, James, 1979- [author]

ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Descriptionxxx, 214 pages ; 24 cm.

Note:Rich Rome, Poor State -- The Use and Abuse of Tax Farming -- Profiteering in the Provinces -- The Power of Taxpayers in the First Punic War -- The Plight of Taxpayers in the Second Punic War -- The Death and Taxes of the Gracchi -- Conclusions.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-210) and index.

Note:"In the first study of fiscal sociology in the Roman Republic, James Tan argues that much of Roman politics was defined by changes in the fiscal system. Tan offers a new conception of the Roman Republic by showing that imperial profits freed the elite from dependence on citizen taxes."-- Provided by publisher.

Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.

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