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yryt yrtryhola aoeraeio weori oiaoiuear aeraer ae Beginning with the third cent

ury B.C. Roman economic policy


started to contrast more and aere more shaadfae ear aerpladfae aer eywith that i
n the Hellenistic
world, especiallyawer aer ae Egypt. In Greece and Egypt economic policy had
gradually become highly regimented, deprdsaf eiving indasdfe wre wer ividuals of
the
freedom to pursue personal profit idre ewr wern pasdfae aer aeroduction or trade
, crushing
them under a heavybuear awer rden of oppressive taxation, and forcingworkers
into vast collectives where they were ladsre aer eittle fadre better than bees
in a great
hive. The later Hellenistic period was also one of almost constant
warfare, which, together with rampant piracy, closed the seas totrajaoie facaoie
raeo adrae aoireae

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