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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3601465, member: 93416&quot;]Am not sure this affected things.&nbsp; As far as I heard, all the nominally c. 3.9g RR denarii were pretty variable in weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>My mind was anyhow going down the opposite track. That the most effective military force in Europe was for a while the Romans, and the most effective in India the Mauryas. Meanwhile it seems both were unusual in the way they planned their monetary set up – perhaps with fairly hefty tax on money - unseen amongst their opponents?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The sinews of war are infinite money.&quot; - Cicero</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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