Los hórreos públicos y el reparto de trigo

Pages85-99
AuthorAna Vázquez Lemos
COLECCIÓN DE DERECHO CIVIL Y DERECHO ROMANO BOSCH
EDITOR
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1. Recaudación de tributos en época postclásica
El sistema tributario romano estaba conformado por impuestos que po-
dían ser pagados en especie, es decir, con productos agrícolas, en lugar de di-
nero80.
Los sujetos obligados a entregar trigo a los hórreos romanos generalmente
eran los propietarios de grandes extensiones de tierra que eran responsables de
entregar parte de su producción agrícola81 como parte de sus obligaciones fisca-
les con el erario público.
80 Se recoge en BLÁZQUEZ J.M.; MONTENEGRO A.; ROLDÁN, J.M.; MANGAS, J.;
TEJA, R.; SAYAS, J.J.; GARCÍA IGLESIAS I.; ARCE, J.; Historia de España Antigua
II. Hispania Romana. Cátedra, 1995, pág. 431 que Hispania pagaba una vigésima, o
sea un 5% de la cosecha de grano, además pagaba otras contribuciones, siendo la
décima la corriente. Los impuestos indirectos eran la quinquagésima sobre la expor-
tación, la vigésima sobre la herencia y la llamada vigésima libertatis sobre la venta de
esclavos.
81 SeñalaVICENS VIVES, J.; Historia Económica de España, Editorial Vicens Vives, 1987,
pág. 63 los romanos fueron un pueblo de campesinos. La agricultura proporcionó a
Roma el contingente más sustancioso de recursos. Las peculiaridades de la Península
Ibérica encajaban de maravilla en la orientación agrícola de la economía romana.
Así, muy pronto, el Estado y los particulares romanos invirtieron sus capitales en la
CAPÍTULO IV
Los hórreos públicos y
el reparto de trigo

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