Caput

Japanese: caput
Caput

…According to this law, the unit of taxation, the capita, included free men, colonus, slaves, and even livestock. In principle, one man was calculated as one caput (the singular form of capita), but the calculation of women and other taxable subjects varied from region to region. In addition, the privileged classes were exempt from taxation. …

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Japanese:

…それによると,課税の単位であるカピタcapitaは,自由人,コロヌス,奴隷,さらには家畜をも含んだ。原則として男1人が1カプトcaput(カピタの単数形)と計算されたが,女やその他の課税対象をどのように換算するかは,地方によって差異があった。また,特権階級は課税対象から外されていた。…

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