05-02-2021, 02:17 AM
In her book, Daily Life in Late Antiquity, Kristina Sessa mentions Migrant Farm Workers.
Her book is a unique look at life in the Later Roman Empire. Unlike the books, Working IX to V by Vicki Leon, or Invisible Romans by Robert Knapp, this looks at the forces that moulded the life of the aristocrat and the peasant.
However, I have a question about something she mentioned. Migrant Farm Workers. All I had read before seemed to indicate that all peasants were bound to the land for tax purposes. How then, does a migrant worker fit in and why had I not read of this before?
Her book is a unique look at life in the Later Roman Empire. Unlike the books, Working IX to V by Vicki Leon, or Invisible Romans by Robert Knapp, this looks at the forces that moulded the life of the aristocrat and the peasant.
However, I have a question about something she mentioned. Migrant Farm Workers. All I had read before seemed to indicate that all peasants were bound to the land for tax purposes. How then, does a migrant worker fit in and why had I not read of this before?
AKA Tom Chelmowski
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
