The Imperial Civil, Service of Rome (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Harold Mattingly

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330602501 ISBN 13 : 9781330602508

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

See how Rome moved from private tax farming to official collectors and reshaped provincial rule, with lasting impact on empire-wide administration.

The excerpt maps the transition from private tax contracts to imperial control, outlining how indirect taxes were collected and gradually professionalized. It explains the rise of official procurators and the shift from private conductors to direct imperial revenue collection, highlighting the evolving balance between central power and provincial finance.

Readers will learn how imperial domains were managed, either directly by officials or through leases to conductores, and how this system laid the groundwork for later colonization and land tenure in the empire. The material also contrasts the fiscal structures of the fiscus, patrimonium, and resident private wealth, clarifying their distinct roles in imperial finances.

• How indirect taxes evolved from private farming to official collection and the roles of conductores and procurators
• How imperial domains were administered and the rise of a leasing system that influenced colonization
• Differences among fiscal, patrimonial, and private revenues and their administrative implications

Ideal for readers of Roman administrative history seeking a concise, focused view of fiscal reform and provincial governance.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Imperial Civil, Service of Rome

The subject of this thesis was chosen by myself and approved by the examiners for the Thirlwall Prize for 1908. In accordance with the regulations the essay is now being published. My object has been to present a clear view of the growth and development of an Imperial Civil Service at Rome in the first two centuries A.D. After a general survey of the Service as a whole, I then pass on to discuss one branch of it, the procuratores provinciarum in more detail.

Ancient literature does not supply us with the materials necessary for a connected history of the subject; nowhere do we find it treated as a whole 1, and the notices are scanty and scattered. I have attempted, however, by a careful reading of Tacitus, Suetonius, Dio, and other ancient authorities to throw as much light as possible on its general features. Fortunately the defects in our knowledge can to a large extent be remedied by the use of inscriptions, which furnish abundant evidence, and can now be conveniently consulted in the magnificent Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum and other collections. To this Corpus I have, wherever possible, referred.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330602501
• ISBN 13: 9781330602508
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
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