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Basilike chora
The basilike chora, meaning 'royal land', was land held directly by the king in the Hellenistic kingdoms. In the Seleucid Empire it was worked by dependent peasants who paid rents or taxes to the crown, while other land belonged to cities or temples. It formed a major source of royal revenue.
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