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\DeclareFixedFootnote{\fnTaxCollector}{
The Romans contracted local tax-collectors to collect their tax.
Tax collectors were entitled by law to charge more than what the Romans required, pocketing the difference for themselves.
So they were especially hated: for collaborating with the Romans at all, and because there was no real limit to the extra
they could extract.
}
\fi