capitatio

Roman tax

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In Diocletian: Domestic reforms of Diocletian
…instituted, the jugum and the capitatio, the former being the tax on a unit of cultivable land, the latter, a tax on individuals. Taxes were levied on a proportional basis, the amount of the contribution being determined by the productivity and type of cultivation. As a rule, it was a…
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