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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bobbyhelmet, post: 1640145, member: 44166&quot;]Just had a pretty frustrating couple of hours searching the web trying to answer the below question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Was showing some late 3rd C Folles to a friend and he simply asked &#039;<i>How many of these would a soldier get per year and what could he buy with one?</i>&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew that some (possibly 1/3) of a soldiers pay was made in the form of food and other consumables and that a 25 year contract was not uncommon.&nbsp; I also knew that as rank increased so did pay, often massively!&nbsp; I also know a number of &#039;bonuses&#039; were paid for things like elevation of Emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would think the info is out there somewhere but I cant seem to find anything definitive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of all the varied stuff I&#039;ve found on the web the sites are claiming anything from 2 to 15 Solidi (per annum) for the period just after Diocletians currency reforms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone got any &#039;good&#039; data or able to just answer:</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;<i>How many of these (follis) would a soldier get per year and what could he buy with one?</i>&#039; in about 300AD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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