Factors in the Death of the Roman Republic
... a) Rome’s increasing wealth & expanding empire brought many problems. b) There was a widening gap between rich & poor. c) Thousands of captured POW’s became slaves, driving the cost of labor down. d) Small farmers, competing with slave labor & suffering losses from fighting, could not make a living ...
... a) Rome’s increasing wealth & expanding empire brought many problems. b) There was a widening gap between rich & poor. c) Thousands of captured POW’s became slaves, driving the cost of labor down. d) Small farmers, competing with slave labor & suffering losses from fighting, could not make a living ...
The Roman Republic: 509 BCE - 27 BCE
... rights for the plebeians. • The Republics code Of laws. ...
... rights for the plebeians. • The Republics code Of laws. ...
Roman Society and Culture
... slave labor more than any other people in the ancient world. • The Roman conquest of the Mediterranean meant that large numbers of slaves were brought back to Italy as a result of their capture. • The most famous slave revolt was led by Sparticus in 73 B.C. ...
... slave labor more than any other people in the ancient world. • The Roman conquest of the Mediterranean meant that large numbers of slaves were brought back to Italy as a result of their capture. • The most famous slave revolt was led by Sparticus in 73 B.C. ...
Roman Daily Life
... • At first, only people living in Rome could be citizens • As the empire grew, people outside Rome could become citizens. • Every five years there was a census, an official counting of the people of Rome, when men registered to claim their citizenship. • Men declared their families, slaves and wealt ...
... • At first, only people living in Rome could be citizens • As the empire grew, people outside Rome could become citizens. • Every five years there was a census, an official counting of the people of Rome, when men registered to claim their citizenship. • Men declared their families, slaves and wealt ...
EFFECTS of CONQUEST
... was in the size and purpose of farms. Most Romans had been small farmers during the Punic Wars. Now, the small farms were replaced by large plantation-like estates called LATIFUNDIAS. The small farms had grown wheat as their main crop, which provided food for Rome. The latifundias grew some wheat bu ...
... was in the size and purpose of farms. Most Romans had been small farmers during the Punic Wars. Now, the small farms were replaced by large plantation-like estates called LATIFUNDIAS. The small farms had grown wheat as their main crop, which provided food for Rome. The latifundias grew some wheat bu ...
Country Life PowerPoint
... did most of the work on the farms while an overseer would manage the slaves and could treat them poorly ...
... did most of the work on the farms while an overseer would manage the slaves and could treat them poorly ...
Roman agriculture
Agriculture in ancient Rome was not only a necessity, but was idealized among the social elite as a way of life. Cicero considered farming the best of all Roman occupations. In his treatise On Duties, he declared that ""of all the occupations by which gain is secured, none is better than agriculture, none more profitable, none more delightful, none more becoming to a free man."" When one of his clients was derided in court for preferring a rural lifestyle, Cicero defended country life as ""the teacher of economy, of industry, and of justice"" (parsimonia, diligentia, iustitia). Cato, Columella, Varro and Palladius wrote handbooks on farming practice.The staple crop was spelt, and bread was the mainstay of every Roman table. In his treatise De agricultura (""On Farming"", 2nd century BC), Cato wrote that the best farm was a vineyard, followed by an irrigated garden, willow plantation, olive orchard, meadow, grain land, forest trees, vineyard trained on trees, and lastly acorn woodlands.Though Rome relied on resources from its many provinces acquired through conquest and warfare, wealthy Romans developed the land in Italy to produce a variety of crops. ""The people living in the city of Rome constituted a huge market for the purchase of food produced on Italian farms.""Land ownership was a dominant factor in distinguishing the aristocracy from the common person, and the more land a Roman owned, the more important he would be in the city. Soldiers were often rewarded with land from the commander they served. Though farms depended on slave labor, free men and citizens were hired at farms to oversee the slaves and ensure that the farms ran smoothly.