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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1571104, member: 9204&quot;]The majority of the silver denominations cited are either pre-Roman, or merely a measure of metal. The few that do cite prices in denarii are the exceptions to prove the role. For a more complete evaluation of the debasements of the denarius, see the aforementioned book by Ken Harl.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, so you are looking to correlate extreme price events for wheat with debasements of the denarius, I take it? An interesting idea, but I remain skeptical. </p><p><br /></p><p>You seem to be falling into the dilettante&#039;s trap of pulling information from a broad swath of unconfirmed sources. This is made evident by the way in which you haphazardly mix Roman units (the denarius and the modius) with Greek units (the drachm and the choenix). You absolutely MUST gain firmer grounding in the scholarship of both the Roman economy and of diet and nutrition in the ancient world. Simply citing an (albeit scholarly) article that you found online is not enough. Stop googling and go to the library!</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re obviously quite passionate and interested in this subject. I would love to see you follow through on some more serious research. What is your economic background?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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