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List of Roman taxes

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This is a list of the taxes levied by ancient Rome.

Land

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Trade

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Military

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Marriage

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  • Aes uxorium was a tax on unmarried men and women who could bear children.[7]

Inheritance

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Sales

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Religious

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Poll tax

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Slave taxes

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State lands

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References

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  1. ^ Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2nd ed. 1970. p. 263
  2. ^ a b c d e Dilke, O.A.W. (1987). Mathematics and measurement (3rd impression. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780520060722.
  3. ^ Drinkwater, John (2014), Roman Gaul: The Three Provinces, 58 BC-AD 260, p. 100, ISBN 9781317750741
  4. ^ Livy (l.c.)
  5. ^ Liv. I.43
  6. ^ Cic. de Rep. II.20.
  7. ^ Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ Jane F. Gardner, "Nearest and Dearest: Liability to Inheritance Tax in Roman Families," in Childhood, Class and Kin in the Roman World pp. 205, 213.
  9. ^ Schäfer (1998), pp. 113–114
  10. ^ Digest 50, tit.15
  11. ^ Keith R. Bradley. "Apuleius and the sub-Saharan slave trade". Apuleius and Antonine Rome: Historical Essays. p. 177.