8 sentences with “income”

To serve on the governing council of a small town or village required an annual income of 100,000 sesterces.

To serve in the imperial senate required an annual income of 1,000,000 sesterces (the basic currency of the empire).

Back in the United States, a promoter listened to Jon, who was already 27 years old, and asked him many questions about his income and work plans.

Class divisions were visible in the dress and manners of individuals, and each class dressed in different 'uniforms' - it was a time when the hat indicated income and class membership.

One notorious practice was that of bishops or archbishops who controlled and received income from many different territories (called "bishoprics") at once, but never actually visited them.

Thus, on the whole, social mobility was so limited as to be almost non-existent (to cite just one example, a member of the Empire's elite class could have an annual income 17,000 times higher than that of a poor labourer).

The medieval idea was that the king should live on the income from his own property; it was the new monarchies of the Renaissance period that successfully promoted the idea that kings had the right to levy taxes across the board.

One of the simplest ways in which Versailles undermined their power was that it cost so much to keep them there - around 50% of the income of all but the richest nobles present in the town or castle was spent on lodgings, clothing, gifts and servants.