- The
publicani (Gr**** sg. τελώνης telōnēs;[citation needed]
Latin sg. public****) were
public contractors in the
Roman Republic and Empire. In
their official...
- the
publicani during the
Roman Republic,
although this
claim is not
shared by all
modern scholars. Like
modern joint-stock companies, the
publicani were...
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often bribed into
acquiescence by the
publicani. The
system also led to
political conflict between equites publicani and the
majority of
their fellow-equites...
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several decades despite its
favoured status with Rome. In the 80s BC,
Roman publicani illegally levied taxes on the
sacred estates of
Athena Ilias, and the...
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farmers (called
publicani) paid the tax
revenue to the
government in
advance and then kept the
taxes collected from individuals. The
publicani paid the tax...
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unprecedented range of new ones, and
rather than
employ professional tax
farmers (
publicani) in
their collection, he made this a duty of the
notoriously forceful...
- "Publicans" or "Poplecans", a name
probably deriving from
Paulicians (the term "
Publicani"
would be
generally used for any heretic, even a
political traitor, through...
- BC, the
triumvirate had
achieved many of
their goals of land reform,
publicani debt forgiveness,
ratification of
Pompeian conquests, etc. With Caesar...
- is best
known from a
single individual,
Lucius Carpinatius, one of the
publicani in
Sicily during the
government of Verres, with whom he was very intimate...
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farmers (called
publicani) paid the tax
revenue to the
government in
advance and then kept the
taxes collected from individuals. The
publicani paid the tax...
