_vectigalia redimere, conducere_—to farm the revenues.
_vectigalia exercere_ (_vid._ sect. V. 7, note _The first..._)—to
collect the taxes.
_vectigalia exigere (acerbe)_—to exact the taxes (with severity).
_pecuniam cogere a civitatibus_—to extort money from the communities.
_vectigalia, tributa_[1] _pendere_—to pay taxes.
_immunis (tributorum)_ (Verr. 5. 21. 51)—exempt from taxation.
_immunitatem omnium rerum habere_—to enjoy absolute immunity.
_vectigalia, tributa alicui imponere_—to impose tribute on some one.
_tributorum multitudine premi_—to be crushed by numerous imposts.
_ager publicus_—public land; state domain.
_agros assignare_ (Leg. Agr. 1. 6. 17)—to allot land.
_pecunia publica, quae ex metallis redit_—the public income from the
mines.
_avertere pecuniam_ (Verr. 2. 1. 4)—to embezzle money.
_peculatum facere_ (Rab. Perd. 3. 8)—to embezzle money.
_rem publicam quaestui habere_—to enrich oneself at the expense of the
state.
_coloniam deducere in aliquem locum_ (_vid._ sect. XII. 1, note
_Notice too..._)—to found a colony somewhere.
_colōnos mittere_ (Div. 1. 1. 3)—to send out colonists.
_coloniam constituere_ (Leg. Agr. 1. 5. 16)—to found a colony.
_provinciam_[2] _alicui decernere, mandare_—to entrust some one with
an official duty, a province.
_provincias sortiri_ (Liv. 38. 35)—to draw lots for the provinces.
_alicui Syria (sorte) obvēnit, obtigit_—the province of Syria has
fallen to some one's lot.
_provincias inter se comparant_—(the magistrates) arrange among
themselves the administration of the provinces, the offical spheres of
duty.
_in provinciam proficisci_ (Liv. 38. 35)—to set out for one's province.
_provincias permutare_—to exchange provinces.
_provinciam administrare, obtinere_—to manage, govern a province.
_provinciam obire_—to visit, traverse a province.
(_de_ or _ex_) _provincia decedere_ or simply _decedere_ (_vid._ sect.
II. 4, note _Cf. especially..._)—to leave a province (at the
termination of one's term of office).
[1] _vectigalia_ = indirect taxes, including, for example, _decumae_,
the tenth, tithe of corn; _scriptura_, the duty on pasturage;
_portorium_, harbour-toll. _tributum_ = direct tax on incomes.
[2] _provincia_ originally means a sphere of activity, an employ,
especially of magistrates; it then means the administration of a
country outside Italy conquered in war, and lastly the country itself,
a province. The senate each year determined on the countries to which
magistrates were to be sent (_provincias nominare, decernere_).