the tribute

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §60 a tribute

  A direct property-tax levied on citizens by rating; from 406 BC it funded the new state-paid military stipend (stipendium).

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §10 the tribute

  The war-levy on citizens' property that funded the soldiers' pay, resented as the counterpart of the new stipend.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §31 pay tribute

  The war-levy on citizens' property that funded the soldiers' pay; suspended during this war as a concession to the plebs.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §31 save those who had been soldiers at Cannae

  The direct war-tax levied on Roman citizens by property class to fund the legions; here doubled, then exacted single.

• The History of Rome, Book 42 §8 the tribute

  The indemnity payment (stipendium) owed by the Seleucid king to Rome under treaty, here paid late but in full.