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Zusatztext A blockbuster of a book, Power and Public Finance at Rome, 264-49 BCE is bound to unsettle everything we thought we knew about the economics of Republican imperialism. Tan zeros in on the crucial questions: Who has the money? Who doesn't? Why? And what are the implications? In answering them, he opens a strikingly new perspective on the decisions that determined who benefited from the profits of empire. Informationen zum Autor James Tan studied ancient history at The University of Sydney and at Columbia University, and works mainly in the fields of Roman political and economic history. He was Visiting Professor of Classics at Union College in Schenectady NY, and is now Assistant Professor of History and Classics at Hofstra University in Hempstead NY. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents: - Preface - Introduction - The Argument Part I - Chapter One: Rich Rome, Poor State - Chapter Two: The Use and Abuse of Tax Farming - Chapter Three: Profiteering in the Provinces Part II - Chapter Four: The Power of Taxpayers in the First Punic War - Chapter Five: The Plight of Taxpayers in the Second Punic War - Chapter Six: The Death and Taxes of the Gracchi - Conclusions - Bibliography - Index
