#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

11006.451 - 11028.118 Gregory Aldrete

And it was a really kind of dumb system because the publicans were going out and squeezing way more than they should in an unhealthy way from the provinces. And the Roman state was doing this kind of weird thing that they should have been doing themselves. And over time, that shifts a bit and it becomes more like your standard taxation. And a lot of the taxation ends up being in kind too.