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A 3 page overview of the situation that resulted in ancient Rome regarding the displacement of farmers to the city. The author discusses the methods that were utilized to correct these problems. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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File: AM2_PPRomeLandlessness.rtf
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around. As has been the case throughout history, the wealthier citizens on Rome seemed intent on getting more than their rightful share of that land. The rural
middle class, a group that was considered indispensable because it was them that kept Rome fed, was largely displaced as a result of the growing focus of the rich to
take more and more land under their own control. Once farmers that owned and farmed small plots of land throughout Rome, this class found itself landless and forced to
move into the cities. There they had essentially no other skills to put into play to bring them livelihood and were in effect thrown into permanent unemployment1. The
cities were nasty and dangerous places when compared to the farms these people had been forced to relinquish. They were unhappy and social tension was one of the results
of that unhappiness. This, coupled with problems in food production, put Rome in a precarious situation. Somehow Rome had to at least partially accommodate the wishes of the
elite for land ownership while at the same time put the farmers back into a position where they could not only support themselves but produce the food that Rome needed
to survive. As a consequence of the scenario outlined above, agrarian laws were passed mid second century to limit the amount of public
and private lands the nobility could claim to 320 acres2. The mere passage of laws, however, did not equate to the solution of the problem. Indeed, the situation
had not been resolved even after the third Punic War. Rather than reinstalling the farming class on parcels of land as the law provided, slaves had been put to
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