De ello da cuenta fidedigna Gayo, quien sostiene que los llamados publicanos, es decir, recaudadores de impuestos, gozaban del derecho de tomar en prenda (pignoris capio) y vender mediante subasta los bienes del obligado tributario, constituido en deudor insolvente: "item lege censoria data est pignoris capio publicanis vectigalium publicorum populi Romani adversus eos qui aliqua lege
vectigalia deberent (39)".
The salt mines were considered a public good, the income derived from their exploitation was being taxed and these taxes called
vectigalia.
(9) He created two new taxes, the collatio lustralis and the collatio glebalis, seems to have transferred local custom fees and
vectigalia from city to imperial finances, and to have increased the rate of indiction: see A.
As there are no such mines in Thessaly, Trogus or Justin has introduced a mistake in abbreviating, and we should suggest something like
vectigalia ('revenues') in its place.(4) That Philip should be in Thessaly early in 347 was to be expected.