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See also:TRIBUTE (See also:Lat. tributurn, a stated See also:payment, contribution) , a sum of See also:money or other valuable thing paid by one See also:state or See also:person to another state or person, either as an See also:acknowledgment of submission, or as the See also:price of See also:peace or See also:protection . Hence, in a secondary sense, an offering to See also:mark respect or gratitude . See also:Revenue by means of See also:tribute was one of the most characteristic forms of the See also:financial systems of See also:ancient states . In imperial See also:Athens large revenues were derived from the states of the Delian See also:league (q.v.), while in both See also:Carthage and See also:Rome inferior or dependent districts and races were laid under contribution to a very considerable extent (see See also:FINANCE) . The word tribute was also applied in the See also:Roman See also:republic to (1) certain extraordinary taxes, as opposed to the See also:ordinary vectigalia . Such, in particular, were certain See also:property taxes, raised to meet the expenses of See also:war . They were levied on all citizens alike, in proportion to the extent of a See also:man's See also:fortune, and varied according to the See also:total amount of revenue to be raised . (2) To the ordinary stipendium or tax of fixed amount paid either in money or in See also:kind, on property, trades, or as a See also:poll-tax, raised in the Roman provinces (see See also:PROVINCE) . |
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