HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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low taxes and drought
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unemployment and inflation
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an expensive army and poor leaders
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a severe plague and drought
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Detailed explanation-1: -Italy had emerged from World War I in a poor and weakened condition and, after the war, suffered inflation, massive debts and an extended depression. By 1920, the economy was in a massive convulsion, with mass unemployment, food shortages, strikes, etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -The economy of Rome is characterized by the absence of heavy industry, but commercial activities especially banking and the development of tourism are extremely important to its economy. Universities, national radio and television and the movie industry in Rome are also important parts of the economy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Biennio Rosso (English: “Red Biennium” or “Two Red Years") was a two-year period, between 1919 and 1920, of intense social conflict in Italy, following the First World War.