The solution? Tax the population. Roman  taxes became so oppressive that farmers sank into poverty and Roman elites tried to  flee and hide their property from the tax man.

解决方案？对人口征税。罗马的税收变得如此苛刻，以至于农民陷入贫困，罗马的精英们试图逃离并向税务人员隐藏他们的财产。