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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3265236, member: 99456"]A very interesting post on <i>Liberalitas</i>. Thank you, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]! I will add that <i>congiarium</i> originates from the word <i>congius</i> and a liberal serving of wine. <i>Congius</i> was a liquid measurement in ancient Rome equivalent to about 6 pints - about 1/8 of an amphora.[<a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Congius.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Congius.html" rel="nofollow">1</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p>In his discussion of "wine rations for the help", Marcus Pocius Cato ("Cato the Wise" and Consul of the Roman Republic 195-194 BC) in his <i>liberalitas</i> recommends issuing 3½ congii per person for the Saturnalia and the Compitalia. He also advises, "Ten quadrantals of wine per person is not an excessive allowance for the year."[<a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Cato/De_Agricultura/B*.html#57" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Cato/De_Agricultura/B*.html#57" rel="nofollow">2</a>] that's about 548 pints for the year [<a href="https://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/history_volume/ramphora.html?u=ramphora&v=10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/history_volume/ramphora.html?u=ramphora&v=10" rel="nofollow">3</a>].</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, I have no coins of Liberalitas to share, but offer my <i>tessera</i> should there be an opportunity to put it to use.</p><p>[ATTACH]859933[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3265236, member: 99456"]A very interesting post on [I]Liberalitas[/I]. Thank you, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]! I will add that [I]congiarium[/I] originates from the word [I]congius[/I] and a liberal serving of wine. [I]Congius[/I] was a liquid measurement in ancient Rome equivalent to about 6 pints - about 1/8 of an amphora.[[URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Congius.html']1[/URL]] In his discussion of "wine rations for the help", Marcus Pocius Cato ("Cato the Wise" and Consul of the Roman Republic 195-194 BC) in his [I]liberalitas[/I] recommends issuing 3½ congii per person for the Saturnalia and the Compitalia. He also advises, "Ten quadrantals of wine per person is not an excessive allowance for the year."[[URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Cato/De_Agricultura/B*.html#57']2[/URL]] that's about 548 pints for the year [[URL='https://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/history_volume/ramphora.html?u=ramphora&v=10']3[/URL]]. Sadly, I have no coins of Liberalitas to share, but offer my [I]tessera[/I] should there be an opportunity to put it to use. [ATTACH]859933[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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