July 3, 2017September 11, 2018Roman Empire Background on Legionnaire pay in the Roman Army I found a lot of fun information on pay for Legionnaire soldiers serving in the Roman army in a book called The […]
July 2, 2017Roman Empire Limits to our knowledge on the times of the Roman Army My studies on Roman finances led me to a fantastic resource: The Complete Roman Army, by Adrian Goldsworthy, Thames & Hudson Ltd, […]
June 19, 2017Viking Era Troy ounces and Avoirdupois ounces When I say I’m holding something that weighs one pound, how heavy do you think it is? Well, you can sort of […]
June 19, 2017January 1, 2018Viking Era Building a Viking Longship I’ve found a few websites that provide a few details on how to build a Viking ship. This post won’t go into […]
June 18, 2017January 20, 2018Viking Era Population in Scandinavia during Viking Age In The Vikings course from The Great Courses, Prof. Kenneth Harl guesses the population in the Scandinavian areas (which would become Norway, […]
June 15, 2017Pondering Welcome to Ancient Finances! Welcome! This is my newest blog, which takes a look at tidbits of ancient finances. I am enjoying my personal study of […]
June 5, 2017June 19, 2017Roman Empire “Currency and the Collapse of the Roman Empire” infographic Telling the tale of the collapse of the Roman Empire is a challenge even in a full length book. Presenting one slice […]
June 3, 2017January 31, 2020Roman Empire Description of Scutum, a Roman Legionnaire’s shield. Adrian Goldsworthy provides a good description of a Roman shield, called a scutum, in his book The Complete Roman Army on page […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Viking Era Cost of weapons in Northern Europe in mid 7th century The Vikings at War book by Kim Hjardar and Vegard Vike provides one general frame of reference for cost of arms. The […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Viking Era Indicators of prices in Viking era What did it cost to arm a Viking warrior? Without contemporary writing, it is difficult to determine. Several books and articles provide […]