SC -spice and economics

[Decker, Terry D.]

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