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fiscus(Latin; “basket”) Treasury of the Roman emperor, so-called because the money was stored in baskets. Funds were also stored in the public treasury, the aerarium. The fiscus took in taxes from imperial provinces, forfeited property, and unclaimed lands. After Vespasian, it became independent of the aerarium and controlled most of the empire's income, supplying funds for the army and fleet, official salaries, and postal subsidies. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Barnes, The Sack of the Temple in Josephus and Tacitus (Ch 6); James Rives, Flavian Religious Policy and the Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (Ch 7); Martin Goodman, The Fiscus Iudaicus [Jewish Treasury] and Gentile Attitudes to Judaism in Flavian Rome (Ch 8). Roelofs, military hero; Larry Fiscus, sports mentor; Marlene Calderone, senior hero; and Barbara Florentine and Nancy Coulter, adult heroes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) 1993 recommendation that all sexually experienced teenage females be screened annually for Chlamydia trachomatis is the frame of reference for the article by Lynne Fiscus and colleagues (page 233). |
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