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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3786761, member: 82616"]Yes, I believe Vespasian would have been most pleased. His famous urine tax and the reverse's theme go hand in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>'When Titus found fault with him for contriving a tax upon public toilets, he held a piece of money from the first payment to his son's nose, asking whether its odor was offensive to him. When Titus said "No," he replied, "Yet it comes from urine."' - Suetonius, <i>The Deified Vespasian</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>'Pecunia non olet' indeed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 3786761, member: 82616"]Yes, I believe Vespasian would have been most pleased. His famous urine tax and the reverse's theme go hand in hand. 'When Titus found fault with him for contriving a tax upon public toilets, he held a piece of money from the first payment to his son's nose, asking whether its odor was offensive to him. When Titus said "No," he replied, "Yet it comes from urine."' - Suetonius, [I]The Deified Vespasian[/I]. 'Pecunia non olet' indeed.[/QUOTE]
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