What did Rome use to improve trade, collect taxes, and pay soldiers?

Most ancient Romans would have paid their taxes in cash, hard currency, coins made out of gold, silver, or bronze.

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the main objectives of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.

on november 6 and 7, 1917 (or october 24 and 25 on the julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the october revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by bolshevik party leader vladimir lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the duma's provisional government.