RESEARCH,
Agricultural of the Roman Empire. Romans used an ard, a simple soil breaker to plough the fields. Since the soil was heavy and contained roots, oxen were used to draw the ploughs. Hoeing and weeding were done in pretty much the same way in non-mechanised rural communities today. But the romans had a different way of cropping to reduce the growth of weeds.
-Irrigation
- Irrigation- The Roman’s built dams and reservoirs for irrigation. Their reservoirs were lined with waterproof cement. Some had an area of almost 2000 square meters.
- Irrigation was necessary in light of the increasing size and hence population of the empire.
- It help maintain the output of food grains.
The Social elite farmed. The staple crop was wheat and bread. The more land a common person owned the more important he was to he would be to a city. Soldiers were often rewarded with land from their commanders. Farms were depended on slave labor. Employed a geometric system to lay out croplands and also employed crop rotation Known to try and maximize their land which led to depletion Imported most of their crop from subject countries to keep the empire feed During Roman time most of the crops were raised on large estates
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