The large estates were confiscated from the landowning families.

大量土地从地主家庭被没收。

Hadrian belonged to an upwardly mobile Spanish landowning elite that had grown rich selling olive oil.

哈德良出生于一个扶摇直上的西班牙地主家庭(他们是通过贩卖橄榄油而发家的)。

Greek philosophers belonged to, or were employed by, the landowning class; they therefore disapproved of interest.

希腊哲学家都是属于占有土地的阶级或者是被这个阶级所雇用的，所以他们不赞成利息。