Pax romana was a time of peace so the army was laid back at the time. the the crisis of the third century struck resulting in civil war, invasion, <span>plague and economic troubles. the empire nearly collasped from all of this.</span>
Subsistence crops are grown for the direct benefit of the farmer and their family. Cash crops are grown to deliberately be sold. ... Cotton makes a poor subsistence crop because you can't eat it and it has to be processed before it's useful (ginned, spun and woven)