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Profiting from war led to heightened competition for high office and
extensive electoral bribery.
Heightened Status of Roman Senators
- Roman Aristocracy was recognize as important world leaders.
- Hierarchical Society was established due to the popularity of Senators
and Knights who gained powers.
- Palatial town houses and monumental art villas emerged
Knights
- They became powerful social stratum in the socity because of their
involvement in the government to maintain it.
Development of a slave agricultural economy in Italy and Sicily
- The term Latifundia was introduced because huge lands were
converted into ranch that became the occupation of the poor and
needed.
- Citizens of Italy and Sicily were given citizenship in Rome but they
were treated as slaves. This revolt into the creation of the famous slave
rebellion called Spartacus.
Changes in the Military
- Draft-dodging was the term used in the Ancient Rome of recruiting
armies by promising them the land they need. Farmers evaded the draft
by abandoning their farms and moving to the city in order to train for
the battle.
The Financial burden of Empire
- Publicani are the public contractor who maintained public buildings
and other public establishments of the state by collection of taxes and
other revenues.
- The Roman authorities leads the collection of these taxes, yet they use
it for personal interest and other matter such as weapons for the armies
that eventually worsen the Roman Republics economy.