Talk:Taxation in ancient Rome

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Did you know... that taxation may have played a part in the fall of the Roman Empire?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:04, 10 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that taxation may have played a part in the fall of the Roman Empire? Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
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Created by Graearms (talk). Self-nominated at 01:20, 7 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Epicgenius (talk) 17:24, 8 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Temin, Peter. The Roman Market Economy. Core Textbook ed. Princeton University Press, 2012. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/book/36509.
^ Finley, M. I. (1999). The Ancient Economy: Updated with a new foreword by Ian Morris. Ian Morris. ISBN 978-0-520-21946-5.
^ Ward-Perkins, Bryan (2006-07-12). The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization. OUP Oxford. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-19-162236-6.
^ Cahill, Thomas. How the Irish saved civilization: the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1996, p. 26.
^ Roman-taxes at unrv.com
^ Bagnall, Roger S. (1985). "Agricultural Productivity and Taxation in Later Roman Egypt". Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-). 115: 289–308. doi:10.2307/284204. ISSN 0360-5949. JSTOR 284204.
^ Heather, Peter (2006). The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-19-532541-6.

What the hell is this?

Did a libertarian "write" this? It's shoddy, badly sourced, ideological and Christ alone knows how it wound up on the front page. DublinDilettante (talk) 03:03, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I came to the talk page for the same reason. This article is a bunch of bullshit, with claims that simply defy belief. Calling it "neutral" despite clear ideological bias is just egregiously wrong. CAVincent (talk) 04:53, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Temin, Peter. The Roman Market Economy. Core Textbook ed. Princeton University Press, 2012. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/book/36509.

[2] Finley, M. I. (1999). The Ancient Economy: Updated with a new foreword by Ian Morris. Ian Morris. ISBN 978-0-520-21946-5.

[3] Ward-Perkins, Bryan (2006-07-12). The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization. OUP Oxford. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-19-162236-6.

[4] Cahill, Thomas. How the Irish saved civilization: the untold story of Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Anchor Books, Doubleday, 1996, p. 26.

[5] Roman-taxes at unrv.com

[6] Bagnall, Roger S. (1985). "Agricultural Productivity and Taxation in Later Roman Egypt". Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-). 115: 289–308. doi:10.2307/284204. ISSN 0360-5949. JSTOR 284204.

[7] Heather, Peter (2006). The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-19-532541-6.

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