Roman Empire Flashcards
Still a lot of arable land for farming
Largest population was there
Paterfamilias
Oldest living male in family had complete authority
Most of times populstione were small independent farmers
Go
Central location help a lot
To tomes success
Women
- treated like children in the eyes of the govt
- filled parents then husband
- no power couldn’t have land or property
Rimes basic unit of society was
Family
Men who owned a specific amount of land would have to
Serve in the military
Why wa it easy for invaders to take over land?
Because farmers were away on military leave
So when farmers would return they would have no land because they got took over and lived in poverty
The last of farmer meant the lack of farmers who owed the requirement to join the military
Octavian
-Refashioned Roman system of government
-also know as Augustus
- best known to posterity
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Period following the Roman republic is the…
Roman principate
Most of the land was
Hilly
