PugJesus@piefed.socialM to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days agoEARLY EMPIRE STRONKmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down10
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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days ago“Silver can buy many grains of salt.” “Explain.” “Money can be exchanged for goods and services.” “Woohoo!” In the Early Empire, the retirement bonus received by legionaries at the end of enlistment was a bonus equivalent to ~12 years pay, with your pay grade affecting that payment. Enough to buy a nice little farm in the provinces!
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoDo you mistake me for a mercator? I might trust Caesar to lead me to battle, but it’s well known he has fewer denarii than hairs on his head.
“Silver can buy many grains of salt.”
“Explain.”
“Money can be exchanged for goods and services.”
“Woohoo!”
In the Early Empire, the retirement bonus received by legionaries at the end of enlistment was a bonus equivalent to ~12 years pay, with your pay grade affecting that payment. Enough to buy a nice little farm in the provinces!
Do you mistake me for a mercator?
I might trust Caesar to lead me to battle, but it’s well known he has fewer denarii than hairs on his head.
is this NPC dialogue?
I just made it up, so yes.