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Actually @[email protected] what type of commerce taxes /sales taxes did the Roman Empire have ? I might have missed your memes on the topic ;)
Taxes on transported goods were the most common! Portoria, usually around 2.5% of the value - sometimes cargo was inscribed by local officials to verify that the tax was paid on the object passing through!
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