Sentence examples for landless citizens from inspiring English sources

Elements of this program included the distribution of the landless citizens of Rome among the tribes, which at that time constituted basic political units.

The land grab is creating an underclass of landless citizens who have no stake in society and nothing left to lose.

Though the venture was largely unsuccessful, Julius Caesar later sent a number of landless citizens there, and in 29 bce Augustus centred the administration of the Roman province of Africa at the site.

Tiberius had no intention of touching private property; his idea was to enforce the legal but widely ignored limit of 500 iugera (309 acres) on occupation of public land and to use the land thus retrieved for settling landless citizens, who would both regain a secure living and be liable for service.

He then passed his bill in a less conciliatory form and had himself, his father-in-law, and his brother appointed commissioners with powers to determine boundaries of public land, confiscate excess acreage, and divide it in inalienable allotments among landless citizens.

The expropriation of white-owned farms began in 2005 and the government says it aims to resettle many thousands of landless citizens.

In addition, some people in the old middle class are landless peasants who just "upgraded" to become citizens in the process of urbanization.

The landless are not disenfranchised.

"We've become landless, homeless".

The laments of the landless poor.

"Some are landless, some landed," he wrote.