History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . iredfor the repairs of the aqueducts, and to permit, without compensation, roads to be made overtheir fields for the transport of the materials. The maintenance of highways was obligatoryon the dwellers near them (Code Theod. xv. 3, 1. <i»n. 319), and this obligation is the originof our forced labor and payments. The magistrates were armed with the necessary powersfor carrying out these works (Ulpian in the Digest, xlviii. S, sects. S, 17, and 25). The powersof our town magistrates in the matter of
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . iredfor the repairs of the aqueducts, and to permit, without compensation, roads to be made overtheir fields for the transport of the materials. The maintenance of highways was obligatoryon the dwellers near them (Code Theod. xv. 3, 1. <i»n. 319), and this obligation is the originof our forced labor and payments. The magistrates were armed with the necessary powersfor carrying out these works (Ulpian in the Digest, xlviii. S, sects. S, 17, and 25). The powersof our town magistrates in the matter of public roads, etc., seem based on those of the Romanmagistrate. doYEIvNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 255 revenue, because this total, which has never any but a relativevalue, is very small among poor nations, and can be very high in arich state. It is sufficient to affirm that in the two centuries whichwe are considering we find no serious complaint made;1 and thismeans that the taxes were not out of proportion to the resourcesof the tax-payers, and that public wealth was developed under the. !VLl!M¥©¥Sro RISTIT¥IT;
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