harbour-tolls

Updated: July 21, 2026

The very lucrative Italian harbour-tolls abolished in the recent times of anarchy were re-established all the more readily, that this tax fell essentially on luxuries imported from the east.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

The very lucrative Italian harbour-tolls abolished in the recent times of anarchy were re-established all the more readily, that this tax fell essentially on luxuries imported from the east.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)