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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 3095843, member: 59677&quot;]So, please explain something ... the Roman soldier was paid in lumps of Bronze to the standard weight (predates coins?). How did they do commerce, make change in smaller lumps?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also what kind of purchasing power did those three Asses per day have? Somebody posted last month that in Edwardian times (the old one, not the 1900s one), bread was one penny (although the size of the loaves varied) and chickens were two for the penny. Minds want to know...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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