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During the various reigns of the Egyptian Pharoahs tax collectors were known as scribes and for one period they even imposed a tax on the cooking oil consumed by their citizens.
The Athenians imposed a tax referred to as eisphora which was used to pay for special wartime expenditures. The Greeks were one of the few societies that were able to resend the tax once the emergency was over. When additional resources were gained by the war effort, the resources were used to refund the tax.

Athenians also imposed a monthly poll tax on foreigners, people who did not have both an Athenian Mother and Father, which was referred to as metoikion.

In Rome, the earliest taxes were customs duties on imports and exports called portoria.

Caesar Augustus was considered by many to be the most brilliant tax strategist of the Roman Empire. He instituted an inheritance tax to provide retirement funds for the military. The tax was 5% on all inheritances except gifts to children and spouses.

At the time of Christ, Augustus Caesar ruled the Roman Empire, which included large areas of the Middle East. In Judea, those who collected taxes were unpopular members of society, and it appears that people criticised Jesus' choice of Saint Matthew, one of these members, as one of his disciples.

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