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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7310361, member: 115909&quot;]I’m talking about as a life savings though: like maybe they put away 1 denarius per month for 20 years. That’s 240 denarii. Or ~10 Aureii.</p><p><br /></p><p>I read in one of my books (Ab Urbe Condita by Titus Livy who lived in the 1st century in Rome) and he mentions that often Centurions &amp; Praetorian Guard members were given hundreds or even thousands of Denarii when a new Emperor came to power. Especially the Praetorian Guard who acted as the Emperor’s personal body guard. The Emperor paid big money to keep and maintain their loyalty because losing it could result in an assassination of said Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just am wondering if people maybe stored their life savings in gold even if they didn’t use it in day to day transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>You’d be surprised how much a single of amphora of garum/liquamen (fish sauce) cost. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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