> the romans weren't a feudal society marxism developed as a response to feudalism and liberal-capitalism. this is directly stated in engel's principles of communism. rome did have a fairly feudal system with payment rendered through services or barter rendering value while pricing was freely fluctuating based on currency value primarily. the main difference between the roman economy and the medieval economies is that rome was heavily guided by land speculation and influxes of foreign slaves from the middle and near east. but obviously there was no reason for marx to respond to the roman economy.
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