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<p>[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8344394, member: 134416"]Didn't ancient historians claim that it silphium was wiped out on purpose, to avoid extra taxes?</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was choosing my Solidus of APsimar the admiral, one of the silver coins featuring Silphium (I forget the denomination) was one those in contention.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess 'climate change' could have done it. The Carthage area was once a wheat growing area. How soon after the Muslim invasion did that change? I can't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere recently that the Vandals let a lot of land go fallow.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8344394, member: 134416"]Didn't ancient historians claim that it silphium was wiped out on purpose, to avoid extra taxes? When I was choosing my Solidus of APsimar the admiral, one of the silver coins featuring Silphium (I forget the denomination) was one those in contention. I guess 'climate change' could have done it. The Carthage area was once a wheat growing area. How soon after the Muslim invasion did that change? I can't remember where I read it, but I read somewhere recently that the Vandals let a lot of land go fallow.[/QUOTE]
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