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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3697506, member: 93416&quot;]Thanks.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My interest here is I am trying to understand the “Distributio” of Lucius Volusius Maecianus.&nbsp; Its on the web but to my knowledge has never been translated out of the Latin - (and my Latin is 4th rate or worse).</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things he seems to say is that the Libra is an As.&nbsp; True of course some time before 200 BC, but a weird thing to say I judge by about 160 AD.&nbsp; Calling this coin an uncia would fit with that of course, but I am not inclined to go down that road</p><p><br /></p><p>Maecianus was a legal authority and my own guess is that his usage is some kind of otherwise archaic and very specifically legal form of language.&nbsp; But if anyone has any thoughts on this or other matters in Maecianus I would love to hear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T</p><p><br /></p><p>PS Actually, I disagree with part of the position of [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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