SC - Snoopy dance of joy!!
Joan Nicholson
gryphon at carlsbadnm.com
Thu May 25 07:25:42 PDT 2000
IIRC, Roman troops were given a portion of their pay in salt and grain or
were paid a stipend to purchase salt and grain, depending on the
availability and the adequacy of the supply columns. The practice is
mentioned by one of the Roman military authors.
Bear
> Isn't there a reference somewhere which indicates Roman
> soldiers were paid
> for their labors in salt? Or is this just another one of
> those "histories"
> we learn in school, which have no basis in the "real world"?
>
> Balthazar of Blackmoor
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