This caused famine and forced farmers to migrate into the city. However, in the city,everyone had less money because they had to pay taxes for the increased salary demands by the legions. Goods were also disappearing from people's boats and because the pirates were stealing their food on the Mediterranean Sea. The Romans were raising tariffs on imported goods because the legions wanted to make more money. People were losing money because they were bartering instead of paying cash. Not as much gold was coming into Rome, therefore there weren't as many gold coins or as many gold coins being made. This caused prices to go up but the value of the goods were going
This caused famine and forced farmers to migrate into the city. However, in the city,everyone had less money because they had to pay taxes for the increased salary demands by the legions. Goods were also disappearing from people's boats and because the pirates were stealing their food on the Mediterranean Sea. The Romans were raising tariffs on imported goods because the legions wanted to make more money. People were losing money because they were bartering instead of paying cash. Not as much gold was coming into Rome, therefore there weren't as many gold coins or as many gold coins being made. This caused prices to go up but the value of the goods were going