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The history of slavery in the Western world is both extensive and complex, stretching from ancient times to its abolition in the 19th century. Here is an overview focusing primarily on its development, impact, and eventual abolition in Europe and the Americas: Ancient Greece and Rome: Slavery ...
Rome:“The prevalence of crippling taxation prior to the fall of Rome has led many historians, in all ages, to suspect that Rome, like so many great empires, taxed itself to death. Recently, the tax theory of the Fall has become unfashionable among many scholars – perhaps because of our...