A History of Taxes – Part 2

Taxes and Romans Finally moving away from the Greeks, we now come to the Romans. Scholars often refer to Roman taxation as “more or less organized robbery” and Roman tax men as “a band of robbers.” But Roman taxation was not always bad. There was a two hundred year period (read on...)

A History of Taxes – Part 1

Taxes and Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt was not a land of cruel taskmasters and oppressed slaves – that’s the impression we get from the story of Moses – which came at a time of unrest in Egypt. Modern translations of hieroglyphics indicate that life in ancient Egypt was usually (read on...)