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List of Roman Taxesreport

  • Tributum soli, the tax on land. (Land)

  • Collatio lustralis, was a tax on anyone who makes a product, or provides a service, with the exception of physicians, teachers, and farmers. (Trade)

  • Portoria, was a 2.5% customs tax. It was higher in the Near East. (Trade)

  • Aes equestre was a tax on orphans (orbi) and widows to pay for the horses of the equus publicus. (Military)

  • Aes hordearium was a tax on orphans (orbi) and widows or single women (viduae), it was levied to pay for the upkeep of the horses of the equus publicus. (Military)

  • Aes uxorium was a tax on unmarried men and women who could bear children. (Marriage)

  • Vicesima hereditatium was a 5% inheritance tax, close relatives were exempt from paying it. (Inheritance)

  • Centesima rerum venalium was a tax on goods sold at auction, under Augustus it was a 1% tax, however under Tiberius it was only a 0.5% tax. (Sales)

  • Fiscus Judaicus was an additional tax for an extra two denarii, it was applied to the Jews in the Roman empire. (Religious)

  • Tributum capitis was a tax on citizens, with only towns with the Jus Italicum were exempt from it. (Poll tax)

  • Vicesima libertatis was a tax on owners who freed slaves, the owner would have to pay 5% of the value of the slave. (Slave taxes)

  • Quinta et vicesima venalium mancipiorum was a 4% tax on selling slaves. (Slave taxes)

  • A customs tax on a slave of one and a half denarii is recorded in a third-century tariff list from Zarai. (Slave taxes)

  • Vectigal was a tax on occupiers of Roman state land (ager publicus). (State lands)

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Roman tax law is an important part of Roman public law. The Roman public burden was of various types, not only direct and indirect taxes, but also state and local taxes in Roman law. The Roman tax burden was not heavy compared to other countries, the government has taken a huge share. And the Roman treasury, in addition to taxes, comes in part from other sources of income, which we will not discuss separately.

Rome’s tax is mandatory and reasonable, it is the state of the mandatory extraction of wealth, but also the taxpayer needs to bear the unilateral obligations. The random tool generated 14 types of tax expenditures that the Romans currently had to pay, including trade taxes, commodity taxes, land taxes, marriage taxes, and so on. It was very different from other countries, but it was also one of the main sources of the Roman treasury.

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