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Rise of the Roman Empire Agriculture and Economy

- The Roman Economy and agriculture are closely tied together. - The Roman economy was actually very simple for a nation that was so vast. The economy was based on using slaves to generate enough food to feed all of Rome’s people and trade to other countries for large amounts of money. - Roman farmers most commonly farmed grains, olives, and grapes. - The Primary exports from Rome were olive oil, wine, and grains, olives, and grapes. - If farmers had a surplus of crops they could give them to the government to distribute to its people. When this surplus was given to the government, the farmers didn't have to pay a monetary tax. This was a good program because by distributing the crops the government gains popularity. The only flaw was that after farmers had a minimum surplus to give to the government, they had no incentive to harvest any more crops.
 * Economy and Agriculture**

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