. Agriculture. Twelve lectures on agricultural topics. . CHAPTER VII. mSE AND PROGRESS OF THE ART.—(Continued.) |ESTWARD the march of empire and the march of argriculture took their way to Italy. The culture of the soil was a fundamental idea in '^ Roman civilization. Seven acres of land were allotted by the State to each citizen, and in the early years of Rome no man was allowed to own more than this. The orator Curius says, " He was not to be counted a good citizen, but rather a dangerous man to the State, who could not content himself with seven acres of ; This assignment of
. Agriculture. Twelve lectures on agricultural topics. . CHAPTER VII. mSE AND PROGRESS OF THE ART.—(Continued.) |ESTWARD the march of empire and the march of argriculture took their way to Italy. The culture of the soil was a fundamental idea in '^ Roman civilization. Seven acres of land were allotted by the State to each citizen, and in the early years of Rome no man was allowed to own more than this. The orator Curius says, " He was not to be counted a good citizen, but rather a dangerous man to the State, who could not content himself with seven acres of ; This assignment of land to each individual, and limita- tion of the amount, led to careful cultivation, as each was expected to earn his living from the soil. Trading was never a characteristic of the Romans, and a merchant was ever considered by them inferior to a farmer. The Greeks talked about appropriating to themselves the things of others in the way of a good bargain, and their subtle genius made them astute merchants. The Romans did indeed appropriate to themselves the things of others, but they did it by conquest. Pious ^neas, as Virgil calls the founder of the Roman empire, took possession of Italy vi et armis, and his posterity took possession of the rest of the world in the same manner. As the terri- tory of the empire was extended, the right of freehold to each individual was increased to fifty acres, and still later. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hyde, Alexander, 1814-1881. [from old catalog]. Hartford, Conn. , American publishing company
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