What effect did the latifundia have on Roman society?

What effect did the latifundia have on Roman society? Upper-class Romans who owned latifundia had enough capital to improve their crops and livestock with new strains, putting peasant smallholders at a competitive disadvantage. Thus latifundia virtually supplanted the small farm as the regular agricultural unit in Italy and in the provinces by the 3rd century … Continue reading What effect did the latifundia have on Roman society?