Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7854573, member: 99456&quot;]Thanks [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] &amp; [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] for the additional examples.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An excellent addition of Mn. Marcius, aedilis plebis primum frumentum populo in modios assibus datavit.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1353246[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><b>HOW OFTEN AND ON WHAT OCCASIONS CORN HAS SOLD AT A REMARKABLY LOW PRICE?</b></font></p><p>&quot;The consequence was, that when the Roman manners were such as these, the grain that Italy produced was sufficient for its wants, and it had to be indebted to no province for its food; and not only this, but the price of provisions was incredibly cheap. Manius Marcius, the ædile of the people, was the first who gave grain to the people at the price of one <i><b>As</b></i> for the modius.&quot;</p><p>-Pliny, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+18.4&amp;fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+18.4&amp;fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137" rel="nofollow">Natural History 18.4</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in