ostiarium
ostiarium, a tax upon doors, door-tax
ostĭārĭum, ii, v. 2. ostiarius, II.
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ōstĭārĭum, (16) ĭī, n. , impôt mis sur les portes : Cæs. C. 3, 32, 2.
ōstiārium ī, n
- ostium, a tax upon doors, door-tax, Cs.
OSTIARIUM
OSTIA´RIUMone form of Tributum, Capitis [see VECTIGALIA]. A tax imposed in Cilicia, Syria, and perhaps some other provinces, upon doorways, whose number was probably regarded as a sign of the value of the property. (Compare the English window-tax.) Nothing is known of the amount. The word ostiarium is found in Caesar, B.C. 3, 32. Cic. Fam. 3.8, 5, speaks of exactio ostiorum.
[F.T.R]Ostiarium
A tax called by Cicero (Ad Fam. iii. 8, 5) exactio ostiorum, and imposed in Cilicia, Syria, and probably other provinces. It was laid upon the doors of a house as indicating by their number the value of the property. The windowtax in England and France is a like impost in modern times.