Question

What was the usual custom of the city dwellers in the Roman Empire?

Answer 1

Answer:

It was the custom of all the city dwellers to collect and store enough food grains for the whole of the next year immediately after the harvest, carried off all the wheat, barley, beans and lentils and left to the peasants various kinds of pulse- after taking a quite a larger proportion to the city.

Answer 2

The usual custom of city dwellers in the Roman Empire was to store enough grains for the upcoming year.

• In many provinces, the famine had been prevalent for many successive years.
• The famine had clearly indicated the impact of starvation on generating disease for people.
• Thus, the dwellers followed a local custom to traditionally gather and properly store enough grain for the whole of the next year immediately after the harvest.
• The city-dwellers carried away all the grains such as cultivated barley, beans, wheat, lentils, and left different kinds of pulses to the peasants, after delivering a large proportion to the city.