Agriculture in the Graeco-Roman Era

Introduction

The agriculture methods: land tenure

It should be mentioned that There are a big different between the roman and Ptolemaic policy in the economy the Ptolemaic prefects controlled the economic system in Egypt and it is influenced of course in the agriculture and it is different from the roman emperors who started a new policy by giving the peasant the right to own the land and it increase the loyalty of the and it reflect by protect the their land and produce more products with high quality

System of cultivation:

It should be mentioned that there are many important changes by Ptolemies and The goal of the roman was to increase their income of Egypt.

They made a lot of developments and changes in the agriculture system and irrigation and their ploughing way to increas the income and production. The triennial system with rotation n of crops they have their own system in the cultivation, the farmers seed corn and cultivate new plants but the biennial system was exceptiona;