Thursday, October 11, 2012

Demography

During the Republican period of Rome, adult male citizens of Rome could be taxed and called into the army and were also given the right to vote. To keep track of this section of the population (and their taxable assets), the Roman state conducted periodic censuses.

3 comments:

  1. What was the size of the population in the Roman Empire? I loved the use of videos, thank you for that!

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  2. I found the videos really helpful, because they gave a different...view, so to speak, on it. What roll did the women play in the Roman empire, were they not also taxed with the men?

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  3. What was the demography like in relation to occupations?

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