Thought of the Week- Silver Content of the Roman denarius

It was ever so,


Source: Hasley

" The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officaldom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance of foreign lands should be curtailed kest the Republic become bankrupt. People must again learn to work hard, instead of living on public assistance"

Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC