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The farmers were the backbone of the Roman army. While they were away, two things:
- They lost the produce of their land.
- Under Roman law anyone who held land without being challenged for a year gained ownership. Large landowners occupied the common land and as this is where the small-farmers fed their ploughing oxen (their farms were too small to support them) they were left unable to sustain them and plough their lands.
- The free availability of slaves provided cheap labour for the large landowners.
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∙ 6y agoDuring their absences on military service, although their farms were protected, the aristocrats seized tracts of common land. Small farmers relied on the common land to graze their ploughing ox, and to gather fruits, acorns and other produce to support them. Many had to give up their now uneconomic land and work for others.This was a precursor to the Roman revolutionary activity.
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∙ 6y agoWhile their land was protected during their military service, the common land was eroded by the rich landowners. This common land was used to support farmers' ploughing oxen and provide acorns and other foodstuffs which the small farms could not. Many could not surviv this and had to sell out and become labourers.
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∙ 6y agoThe farmers of Rome were the backbone of the Roman army, and because the wars lasted so long, they were called away from their farms for lengthy periods.
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