introduction of a new Roman currency named the antoninianus, a sort of double denarius, and the massacres he ordered, both in Rome and elsewhere in the empire...
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during the Social War (91–88 BC) against Rome. Inspired by the Roman denarius, their circulation (and perhaps their release) continued even after the...
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of the denarius from 46.5% to 43% – the actual silver weight dropped from 1.41 grams to 1.30 grams; however, in 229 he revalued the denarius, increasing...
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for the Empire. He reduced the silver purity of the Roman currency, the denarius. The persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire appears to have increased...
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Roma. Dèi, lari, eroi e uomini all'alba di una civiltà (Torino: Einaudi); Carandini (2006), Remo e Romolo. Dai rioni dei Quiriti alla città dei Romani...
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of one pound or 1⁄12 of one shilling. Its symbol was d, from the Roman denarius. It was a continuation of the earlier English penny, and in Scotland it...
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The name came from the Latin denarius grossus (English: thick denar). It is a silver coin with on the obverse the legend DEI GRATIA REX BOEMIE ("By the...
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rejecting the larger size proposed by the late Einar Gjerstad. Christofani Denarius of 78 BC Livy Ab urbe condita 1.38 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities...
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following" is plural. et ux. et uxor "and wife" et vir "and husband" dwt. denarius weight "pennyweight" This is a mixture of Latin and English abbreviations...
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original appearance of the Senate House is known from an Emperor Augustus denarius of 28 BC, which shows the veranda held up by columns on the front wall...
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