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The economy of the Land of Israel

The Roman policy aimed at increasing the productive forces resulted in more and more Jews becoming landowners; An intensive economy has developed and spread over everything involved; Inhabiting villages and towns with Jews; Industrial production centers were absorbed in the villages; The city is taking shape and with it its agricultural fields and economic prosperity
A separate and special field on the subject of the thin and rough cattle involves the use of the "product" of the rough and thin cattle for the benefit of agriculture apart from the plowing and threshing, which is the waste.
From the rebellion of Ben Kusva onward, many factors worked to cultivate the whole issue of the rough animal and its use for the production of meat and dairy products and leather.
The economy in the Roman period also included raising meat, fat animals (cattle) and thin animals (sheep). They too were required to give them as a tax to feed the large Roman forces that were staying here
Until the time of the emperor Hadrian (138-117 CE) we witness the reality of tax tenants who were responsible for collecting the taxes. Whereas from then on, imperial officials were appointed who were subordinate to Rome and were responsible for the issue of collection. And for this we find quite a few proofs from the books of the Sages
A new study at the Hebrew University examines why the farmers of the past preferred the mountains of Jerusalem over the mountains of the north?
The "angria" mentioned in Sage sources means - the duty of man and beast for the postal work (cursus publicus, transportation and some activity for the authorities). The peasants suffered from this affliction mainly because sometimes they would work their animals to the point of disability and excessive fatigue so that they would be disqualified from the obligation towards the authorities.
The obligation to provide recruits-rookies for the Roman army, and not for the police units, rests on the village as a whole, and the amount of money paid by the population makes it clear that it is intended to finance equipment and supplies for the village's rookies and not to obtain an exemption for the village from the obligation to recruit those rookies
In order to maintain the army stationed in Judea, and to enrich the emperors, the Roman government levied various types of taxes, some of them general and others that particularly oppressed the Jews - after the revolts
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