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The 2nd century BC was a period of rapid and far-reaching changes within the Roman Empire. Rome's intervention in Spain, which is singled out here as a case study, led to an administrative response that included the regular and permanent collection of taxes from the Spanish people. This case study is cited as an example of the taxation system of the Roman Republic in the west, driven by the needs of the military which, according to John Richardson (in the Preface) amounted more to gathering booty' than taxation. In this study Naco also presents a review of 19th- and 20th-century perspectives...

Thirteen papers from a conference held in Barcelona in 2005 on the subject of 'War and territory in the Roman world: historical and archaeological approaches'. The contributors consider the relationship between the army and society, between the emperor and his army, between warfare and the environment, as well as more specific subjects: the representation of military power; the relationship between local and central power, especially at the frontiers of the empire; imperial administration; changes in imagery on coinage; war and the management of human and material resources. Seven of the...