Allelengyon
Tax established in 1002 in the Byzantine Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The allelengyon (Greek: ἀλληλέγγυον) was a tax established in 1002 by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, requiring the wealthiest landowners to pay the tax debts owed by their poorer neighbours. It relied on a concept long extant in Hellenistic and Byzantine law, but was abolished by Romanos III Argyros in 1028.