Padlet ~ An economist's view by Selene Suazo

Padlet~An economist’s view on the roman empire

Selene: Where Did The Taxes Go After The Romans Paid, Economics Wisely?

When the romans paid their hefty (Heavy) taxes, some of the money went towards Military and another part of the money went towards public entitlements. Those were the two major things that the taxes were mostly used for or went to. Sometimes romans were not able to pay taxes so they were driven to starvation and bankruptcy (Plus they were forced to pay).

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/all-transactions-to-be-conducted-in-the-presence-of-a-tax-collector-2012-4

Isaac:Were The Romans Forced To Trade for Resources Or Was It An Option For Them?

-The Answer For That Is That No, For Some Of Resources Such As Gold And Such Resources As That, A Few More List As Salt, Silver, Iron, Sheep, Londinium, Spices, Pine, Etcetera, Etcetera. Well I Guess They Weren’t Forced To, They Could’ve Just Gone Without Resources Such As The One I Just Listed Earlier And Went On With Their Lives But Instead They Choose To Trade For These Items. But If You Mean Like They Needed The Resources, Then Yes They Were Forced To Trade For Such Resources I Listed Earlier (Ex. Gold) Because They Were Necessary For Weapons, Food, Etcetera.

Source: http://www.crystalinks.com/romeconomy.html

BRIAN: Did the Romans generate their own resources or did they have to trade for resources?

-The Romans had to trade for resources that they didn’t have from neighboring states such as Spain, France, the Middle East and North Africa. What they mostly traded was for beef, corn, glassware, iron, lead, leather, marble, olive oil, perfumes, purple dye, silk, silver, spices, timber, tin and wine.

Source: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/ancient-rome-and-trade/

Emma and Pedro: How did the fall of caesar effect rome’s economy?

After Caesar’s death it affected the economy because when the senators killed him they were looking to a brighter future with a different rulers because they thought he had too much power. So after his death his great grandson octavius and marc”I am wrong horse” anthony did work together but had a dispute and it lead to war, this war lead to many deaths and used resources that could have been used for something else, and that's how it affected rome's economy.

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