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Rome’s conquests brought agricultural change:
1. Most Romans had been farmers w/small
farms that grew wheat. Farms were now being
replaced by large estates, called latifundias,
that grew other crops. Therefore, Romans had
to import wheat.
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2. Main reason for the change: Hannibal and his
army! Not only did they destroy the farmland,
but farmers destroyed it so that Hannibal and
his men could not eat their crops.
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2. (continued) When the Second Punic War was
over, farmers did not have $ to restore their
land. Patricians bought the farms and turned
them into latifundias.
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3. Slaves worked on the latifundias.
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Farmers had no choice but to work the land with
slaves or move to Rome.
1. In Rome, farmers crowded into apartment
buildings where conditions were terrible (no
sewers, unsafe buildings, fires, and diseases).
2. Most farmers could not find a job; Rome had
almost no industry. Most businesses used
slaves.
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3. Farmers could only get money if they sold
their votes to politicians.
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1. Romans began demanding taxes and slaves from
the people they conquered.
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2. Tax contracts were sold to people called
publicans. They paid Rome ahead of time for
the contracts, then they collected taxes from the
conquered people. They were supposed to
receive no more than 10 percent above the price
they paid for the contract, however, most of
them made extra $$$.
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3. By 135 B.C., Rome was
having major economic
problems. Farmers had no
money, merchants & artisans
became poor b/c rich
Romans bought luxury items
elsewhere.
4. Government officials were too busy getting
rich to care about the Republic’s problems.
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5. The gap between rich and poor grew greater;
they hated each other. Rome was no longer
politically stable.
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