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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3098188, member: 76194&quot;]Well, saying 80 denarii in 79 CE was equivalent to 500 Euros today kind of misses the point. I guarantee you that you cannot sustain a family of 3 in any seaside resort town in Europe today for 14 or 15 days with 500 Euros, while those 80 denarii did just that in Pompeii in 79 CE. A more accurate figure based on today&#039;s modern economy, comparing the cost of living in a European resort town today, would probably be more like 1,500 Euros to 2,000 Euros, depending on the country we place that town in.</p><p><br /></p><p>What those archaeologists don&#039;t take into account when they say those 80 denarii, which would sustain a family of 3 for up to 15 days in Pompey, is equivalent of 500 Euros today, is that the ancient family did not have to pay for electricity, water, gas, cable/satellite TV and internet, transportation in the form of a car or mass transportation via bus/rail, etc. That ancient family in Pompey would have been content with a bag of grains, some wine, money for rent, and that&#039;s about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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