Doing so enriched Roman landowners and the affluent.

Large Roman landowners increasingly relied on Roman freemen, acting as tenant farmers, instead of slaves to provide labour.

Historians tour the ruins of backdoor brothels; the camera lingers over pornographic frescos and mosaics; actors impersonate Roman landowners frolicking with their concubines.

It is supposed that a patrician named Macarius would have been an important Roman landowner in this area.

Others believe though, that the name actually refers to Cambrano, a shortening of Cambarus who was a Roman landowner of the area in ancient times.

In this situation, successor state kings needed military service above all, and quickly mobilised Roman landowners with contingents of their retainers to fight alongside the descendents of their migrant warbands.

In this way many groups provided unfree workers (coloni) for Roman landowners, and recruits (laeti) for the Roman army.

He was a Roman Catholic landowner in Staffordshire, and came forward as a witness in the defence of the accused Catholic aristocrat, William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford.

Some would be sold off to big Roman landowners in order to raise money for the imperial treasury.

His proposed law seemed to garner senate support, but it was effectively vetoed by another tribune acting on behalf of powerful Roman landowners; twice his bill was vetoed.