Asi lo cree Ulpiano, quien sostiene que "
Publicani autem sunt, qui publico fruuntur (nam inde nomen habent), sive fisco vectigal pendant vel tributum consequantur: et omnes, qui quod a fisco conducunt, recte appellantur
publicani (71)".
(14) Carney (note 4) 23-24 refers to the period following the praetorship in a way that implies prior connections with the
publicani: 'Marius, now a prominent member of a group of wealthy businessmen with connections in Puteoli in Southern Italy, came to be of such importance amongst the
publicani ...' There is no direct evidence to show that Marius ever possessed mines in Iberia, the Mariani montes could just as easily have been named after Sex.
Despite the commonalities between the
Publicani's purported beliefs and other contemporary religious dissidents, the sect is noteworthy for several reasons.
Most formidable of all, even if the extent of their influence has been overestimated by some, were the
publicani, rich champions of the original quango state whose interests and sensibilities, so Cicero regularly stressed, required consideration--even when nothing could be more shameful.(82) Not all equestrians could claim equal dignity, and, in fact, they were far from constituting a homogeneous and well-defined group.
Where we can see the Roman
publicani operating, for example in Asia Minor, there is a two-tier system at work: the societates publicanorum made pactiones with the cities, who were then responsible for collecting their own taxes.
Para demostrarlo, Toni Naco analiza el cobro de vectigales por parte de
publicani en determinadas poleis de Asia que estarian asimismo en estrecha relacion con la posible percepcion de portoria, todo lo cual demostraria el control que la poblacion romano-italica instalada en esas regiones tenia sobre determinados recursos economicos.
The report is by three academics working for a firm called
Publicani Consulting.
against the actions of
publicani in taxes on lands belonging to the god Amphiaraus, contrary to the exemption given by Sulla (Sherk, RDGE no.
