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<p>[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7593216, member: 115909"]Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>My denarius is from Hadrian’s reign so it’s a smaller denarius than under Augustus and some of the earlier Emperors but it’s still a silver coin of relatively high purity unlike the later years of the Empire when they were basically just silver plated copper/bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s pretty crazy considering Marcus Licinius Crassus was said to be the “richest man in Rome” with a total net worth of 200 million sestercii (50 million denarii).</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I’ve wanted to know for a <b>long </b>time was how much it cost an Emperor to host a day of Gladiator games at the Colliseum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know every games was different and the prices would’ve fluctuated wildly. Heck Julius Caesar had the Colliseum flooded and had mock naval battles going on.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I’m curious what an average price would be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do know they were expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently Commodus held a day of games after becoming Emperor and the imperial treasury was empty from 8 years of war so he paid for it by taxing the Senate after they gave soldiers land as a reward for fighting in Germania and said it came from the Senate instead of the truth that Commodus gave it to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Im curious how much the Senators would’ve been taxed to pay for that day of games. Like if it was a huge financial burden or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know most senators were very rich but as games are said to be extremely expensive I imagine it is possible it was a lot of money even for wealthy people like them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gam3rBlake, post: 7593216, member: 115909"]Thanks! My denarius is from Hadrian’s reign so it’s a smaller denarius than under Augustus and some of the earlier Emperors but it’s still a silver coin of relatively high purity unlike the later years of the Empire when they were basically just silver plated copper/bronze. That’s pretty crazy considering Marcus Licinius Crassus was said to be the “richest man in Rome” with a total net worth of 200 million sestercii (50 million denarii). One thing I’ve wanted to know for a [B]long [/B]time was how much it cost an Emperor to host a day of Gladiator games at the Colliseum. I know every games was different and the prices would’ve fluctuated wildly. Heck Julius Caesar had the Colliseum flooded and had mock naval battles going on. But I’m curious what an average price would be. I do know they were expensive. Apparently Commodus held a day of games after becoming Emperor and the imperial treasury was empty from 8 years of war so he paid for it by taxing the Senate after they gave soldiers land as a reward for fighting in Germania and said it came from the Senate instead of the truth that Commodus gave it to them. Im curious how much the Senators would’ve been taxed to pay for that day of games. Like if it was a huge financial burden or not. I know most senators were very rich but as games are said to be extremely expensive I imagine it is possible it was a lot of money even for wealthy people like them.[/QUOTE]
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