01-07-2007, 03:29 PM
Quote:Marius call to the capite censo in 107 was a one-off ploy. That it resulted in a permanent change at that time is a modern assumption, which has been challenged recently.
The old enrolment system was never abolished anyway, it simply went in abayance, but was occasionaly revived in times of emergency (in AD 9 for instance).
Rob, could you elaborate on who is challenging this? I keep hearing about it (I'm even pretty much sold on it), but I'm not clear who are the main proponents of either side of the argument.
Thanks
Matthew James Stanham
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Yoshida Kenko (1283-1350), Tsurezure-Gusa (1340)