Download or read book Power and Public Finance at Rome, 264-49 BCE written by James Tan and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, James Tan examines the ways in which the profits of imperial expansion transformed Roman public life. Tan argues that the leaders of Rome's early wars of expansion had been constrained by their dependence on taxpayer money.