quaestor

Japanese: quaestor
quaestor

… Direct provincial taxes were based on the number of heads and wealth of the people, and on a tenth of the corn yield. The former was levied on the western provinces, and collected by the cities under the quaestor and his subordinates. Sicily and many of the eastern provinces continued to use the latter system. …

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Japanese:

… 属州からの直接税には,人間のあたま数と財産額に基づいて課せられる税制と,穀物生産高の10分の1を基礎とする税制とがあった。前者は西部の諸州に対して課され,財務官(クアエストルquaestor)とその部下の下で都市が税の徴収を行った。シチリア州や東方の多くの属州では後者の税制が継承された。…

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