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Latifundium

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, latifundium means: A large landed estate, especially in accounts of the ancient Roman countryside.

In Turkish: latifundium, büyük tarım mülkü

How it is used

The plural is latifundia; investigate labour arrangements rather than assuming one system everywhere.

Example sentences

  1. The survey traced roads linking the latifundium to a coastal market.

    The estate is examined as a large agricultural unit connected to trade.

  2. The seminar compared labour on latifundia with work on smaller farms.

    The plural permits comparison of estates without fixing labour status.

Common collocations

  • Roman latifundia
  • a large latifundium
  • ancientBelonging to the very distant past, especially to the period before the end of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century AD.
  • agrarianRelating to farming, land and the people who work it, or describing a society or economy based mainly on agriculture.

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