The book The Greatness And Decline of Rome was written by author Ferrero Guglielmo Here you can read free online of The Greatness And Decline of Rome book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Greatness And Decline of Rome a good or bad book?
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They contented themselves with forming huge estates (latifundia) rudely cultivated by slaves, or with transforming the old yeomen into small farmers (coloni) who were contented to work on by the old superannuated processes. But now that the provinces, and particularly Asia, had been over-exploited by Italian financiers and ruined by a devastating war, they ceased to be so profitable a field for new investment, and capital began once more to flow back to the land. Thus it was that the wasted Ita...lian countryside began to blossom once more into its old prosperity. The first signs of 124 GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF ROME 77 B.C. Slavery and the rural re- vivaL Vine and olive cultivation. fresh vigour had been manifest half a century ago ; and another three or four generations were to pass before the whole miracu- lous transformation could be finally perfected. But it was during these few years, when a new life was pulsating through the cities of Italy that the spirit of enterprise and improvement burst the close confines of their walls and gave the decisive impulse to the rural revival.* It was the slave immigrants who were the chief agents in the reanimation of Italy.
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