Power and public finance at Rome, 264-49 BCE / / James Tan [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163939703321
• Autore: Tan James <1979->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
• ISBN: 0-19-063959-8; 0-19-063960-1; 0-19-063958-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
• Collana: Oxford studies in early empires
• Classificazione: HIS002020POL019000POL024000
• Disciplina: 336.0937
• Soggetti: Finance, Public - Rome - History; Taxation - Rome - History; Power (Social sciences) - Rome - History; Elite (Social sciences) - Rome - History; Fiscal policy - Rome - History; Rome Economic policy; Rome Politics and government 265-30 B.C
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2017.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Argument -- Part I -- Rich Rome, Poor State -- The Use and Abuse of Tax Farming -- Profiteering in the Provinces -- Part II -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this work, James Tan examines the ways in which the profits of imperial expansion transformed Roman public life. Tan argues that the leaders of Rome's early wars of expansion had been constrained by their dependence on taxpayer money.