086- Wealth and Class

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2010

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Roman world was divided between slaves, freedmen, and free citizens of every economic class. Gross inequality though was the order of the day, with the Emperor himself controlling the lion's share of the Empire's wealth.

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1:02.0	Hello and welcome to the history of Rome.
1:06.5	Episode 86.
1:07.9	Wealth and Class.
1:11.9	Things have changed considerably since the last time we surveyed the broad outlines of
1:15.9	Roman life.
1:17.4	The Romans had just emerged into a world in which they had conquered Greece and annihilated
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