ABSTRACT
In the Hellenistic period the distribution of the soil underwent profound transformations. In the great monarchies the omnipotence of the State enabled the king to effect a wholesale distribution of land favourable to the reigning house and the immigrants alike. In the cities of Greece the diminution of the population, the conflicts of the classes, and the decay of agriculture, and perhaps, too, the vague influence of the examples set in the East, gave rise to serious disturbances in landed property.
