concept
tithe
The decuma, a tax of one-tenth of the grain harvest owed by Sicily and Sardinia; a second, extraordinary tithe was now levied for the war.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 42 §34 a second tithe
The decuma, a tax of one-tenth of the grain harvest owed by Sicily and Sardinia; a second, extraordinary tithe was now levied for the war.