Dè History Villé || ROMANS PAID THEIR WORKERS IN SALT [20% curated to steemingcuration]

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ROMANS SOLDIERS WHERE PAID SALARY IN SALT

In the ancient world, salt was a medium of exchange, for centuries rather than gold or money.
Salt was valuable, also referred to a white gold such that Roman Soldiers (Soldiers - soldare" meaning to give salt) pay were sometimes valued at the price of salt. A monthly salt allowance called "Salarium" was said to be given providing origination for both the french word "salaire"and the English word Salary It is believed that it was Plinus the Elder who speculated thatvthe word for salary must have been derived from the word salt.

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However, he never that salt eas the medium of payment to soldiers and there is no evidence that it was ever used this way. Indeed common sense would indicate that there were for more convenient ways to pay soldiers than with salt.

It has been suggested that in Rome, well before they had their own historians might have been given a stipend to be used as salt. This may explain why salary and salt seems to be closely linked. It is a good idea but it is ultimately speculation like saying He is Worth his Salt

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