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{{Infobox country|name=Roman Empire|native_name=Imperium Rōmānum<br>Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων|year_start=27 BCE|year_end=395 CE|image_map=Roman Empire.png|map_width=290|map_caption=The Roman Empire in 280|common_languages=Latin<br>Ancient Greek|mode_of_production=[[Slavery]]|event_start=Empire established|event_end=East-West division|date_end=17 January|event_post=Fall of Western Roman Empire|date_post=4 September 476|population_estimate=56,800,000|population_estimate_year=25 BCE}} | {{Infobox country|name=Roman Empire|native_name=Imperium Rōmānum<br>Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων|year_start=27 BCE|year_end=395 CE|image_map=Roman Empire.png|map_width=290|map_caption=The Roman Empire in 280|common_languages=Latin<br>Ancient Greek|mode_of_production=[[Slavery]]|event_start=Empire established|event_end=East-West division|date_end=17 January|event_post=Fall of Western Roman Empire|date_post=4 September 476|area_km2=5,000,000|area_footnote=(117 CE)|population_estimate=56,800,000|population_estimate_year=25 BCE}} | ||
The '''Roman Empire''' was an ancient state that existed in [[Europe]], [[West Asia]], and [[North Africa]]. While the western part of the Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, the [[Byzantium|eastern part]] would live on for nearly a thousand years, until 1453 CE. | The '''Roman Empire''' was an ancient state that existed in [[Europe]], [[West Asia]], and [[North Africa]]. While the western part of the Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, the [[Byzantium|eastern part]] would live on for nearly a thousand more years, until 1453 CE. | ||
== Mode of production == | == Mode of production == | ||
Ancient Rome was a slave society that relied on war for its supply of | Ancient Rome was a slave society that relied on war for its supply of slaves. The wealthy ruling class lived their whole lives without working and viewed their slaves as subhuman.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Richard Becker]]|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Ancient Greece and Rome: Democracy for the few, slavery for the many|date=2008-05-29|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/ch-3-ancient-greece-and-rome-democracy-for-the-few-slavery-for-the-many/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922122254/https://liberationschool.org/ch-3-ancient-greece-and-rome-democracy-for-the-few-slavery-for-the-many/|archive-date=2020-09-22|retrieved=2022-08-27}}</ref> In the last two centuries of the empire, the slave mode of production began to decline. Population and production decreased and many large estates were broken into smaller ones. Slave owners freed many slaves because they could not profit from their labor and because many slaves intentionally destroyed or damaged the [[means of production]]. These people became small-scale producers called ''coloni'', who later developed into the [[Serf|serfs]] of [[feudalism]]. | ||
The Roman Empire was weakened by internal slave revolts and external invasions and eventually collapsed, ending slavery as the dominant mode of production in Europe.<ref>{{Citation|author=Institute of Economics of the Academy of sciences of the USSR|year=1957|title=Political Economy|chapter=The Slave-Owning Mode of Production|page=35–36|pdf=https://revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/PoliticalEconomy.pdf|city=[[London]]|publisher=Lawrence & Wishart}}</ref> | The Roman Empire was weakened by internal slave revolts and external invasions and eventually collapsed, ending slavery as the dominant mode of production in Europe.<ref>{{Citation|author=Institute of Economics of the Academy of sciences of the USSR|year=1957|title=Political Economy|chapter=The Slave-Owning Mode of Production|page=35–36|pdf=https://revolutionarydemocracy.org/archive/PoliticalEconomy.pdf|city=[[London]]|publisher=Lawrence & Wishart}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:09, 16 January 2023
| Roman Empire Imperium Rōmānum Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων | |
|---|---|
| 27 BCE–395 CE | |
 The Roman Empire in 280 | |
| Common languages | Latin Ancient Greek |
| Dominant mode of production | Slavery |
| History | |
• Empire established | 27 BCE |
• East-West division | 17 January 395 CE |
• Fall of Western Roman Empire | 4 September 476 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,000,000 km²(117 CE) |
| Population | |
• 25 BCE estimate | 56,800,000 |
The Roman Empire was an ancient state that existed in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa. While the western part of the Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, the eastern part would live on for nearly a thousand more years, until 1453 CE.
Mode of production
Ancient Rome was a slave society that relied on war for its supply of slaves. The wealthy ruling class lived their whole lives without working and viewed their slaves as subhuman.[1] In the last two centuries of the empire, the slave mode of production began to decline. Population and production decreased and many large estates were broken into smaller ones. Slave owners freed many slaves because they could not profit from their labor and because many slaves intentionally destroyed or damaged the means of production. These people became small-scale producers called coloni, who later developed into the serfs of feudalism.
The Roman Empire was weakened by internal slave revolts and external invasions and eventually collapsed, ending slavery as the dominant mode of production in Europe.[2]
References
- ↑ Richard Becker (2008-05-29). "Ancient Greece and Rome: Democracy for the few, slavery for the many" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ↑ Institute of Economics of the Academy of sciences of the USSR (1957). Political Economy: 'The Slave-Owning Mode of Production' (pp. 35–36). [PDF] London: Lawrence & Wishart.