Not+enough+tax+money+to+fix+public+works

Kelsey Cheever: http://www.rome.mrdonn.org/republicfails.html, this is an okay site but it is not that high tec
=== Short Summary : Rome needed tax money to run the Republic. The government needed to pay the legions, and build roads, sewers, aqueducts, and arenas. They needed to pay for the welfare program put in place to help feed the growing number of poor in Rome. To get this money, Rome used tax farmers. To become a tax farmer, all you had to do was pay a flat fee to the Senate.y ===

===Kelsey Cheever: http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cjv14n2-7.html : Short Summary, Tiberius, Rome's second emperor (14-37 A.D.), extended the policies of Augustus well into the first century A.D. It was his strong desire to encourage growth and establish a solid middle class (bourgeoisie), which he saw as the backbone of the Empire. - This site is a great site it also has been talking about the food problem as well. ===

===Kelsey Cheever: http://www.unrv.com/economy/roman-taxes.php, Short Summary , In the early days of the Roman Republic, public taxes consisted of modest assessments on owned wealth and property. The tax rate under normal circumstances was 1% and sometimes would climb as high as 3% in situations such as war. - Another great website to use ===

===Kelsey Cheever: http://www.taxworld.org/History/TaxHistory.htm Short Summary, There are many different names for tax collecting these are Aids ,Danegeld, Scutage, Tallage, Carucate, And Tax farming ! - mainly talks about the names .===