What does tax collecting do for an empire?

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in the early days of the roman republic, public taxes consisted of modest assessments on owned wealth and property. these modest taxes were levied against land, homes and other real estate, slaves, animals, personal items and monetary wealth.

no because we were not ready for war

after defeating german forces in north africa allied leaders turned their attention to "italy," since this was the location that made the most geographic sense before invading northern europe via france.