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Ancient Roman farmer, the Tributum Soli was an agricultural tax

The Tributum soli was a direct ancient Roman tax on agricultural land and possibly the equipment used to cultivate the land. [1] [2] [3] The size of tax was determined based on the size and quality of the land, [4] [5] [6] and the land was assessed using a census. [7] [8] [9] Greek cities during the Roman Empire would appoint magistrates, usually called dekaprotoi . [1] [10] During the Roman Empire the Tributum soli was split into two taxes, the stipendium and the Tributum soli. [11] [12] The difference between the two was that the stipendium was used in senatorial provinces, while the Tributum was used in imperial provinces. [13] [14] In some areas it was a fixed sum paid in currency. [15] [16] It was paid in kind and collected by the publicani in other provinces. [11] [17]

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