Colonus (person)
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colonus-person-242-8252619
title:
Colonus (person)
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In the late Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages a colonus was a tenant farmer. Known collectively as the colonate, these farmers operated as sharecroppers, paying landowners with a portion of their crops in exchange for use of their farmlands. The tenant-landlord relationship eventually degraded into one of debt and dependence. As a result, the colonus system became a new type of land tenancy, placing the occupants in a state between freedom and slavery. The colonus system can be considered a
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Tenant farmer in the late Roman Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonus_(person)
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2024-01-15T14:09:43Z
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