Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2434380, member: 82616&quot;]Thank you for sharing this! </p><p>Mary Beard in her book <i>SPQR </i>speculated that there was possibly some form of sophisticated &#039;paper transactions&#039; that underpinned the Roman financial economy. In other words, the Romans didn&#039;t cart around &#039;truck loads&#039; of denarii to pay for houses and other large purchases. These &#039;IOU&#039; tablets go a long way to show she may be correct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in