Roman Empire – Page 2 – Ancient Finances

March 2, 2018February 26, 2018Roman Empire

Roman legionnaire’s pay over time. Increases are an indication of debasement of currency.

Pay for a legionnaire soldier in the Roman army increased substantially over time, from 225 denarii a year around the turn of […]

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018Roman Empire

Payroll cost for a Roman Legion – Part 2 of 2

What might the payroll cost have been to staff a Roman Legion? Previous post outlined the standard staffing of a Roman Legion […]

February 19, 2018February 21, 2018Roman Empire

Payroll cost for a Roman Legion – Part 1 of 2

What was the payroll cost to staff a Roman Legion? Earlier post discussed that until around 81 A.D. a Legionnaire was paid […]

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018Roman Empire

Average pay for Roman Legionnaire

Another indication of average pay for Roman foot soldiers can be found in Wikipedia’s article Imperial Roman Army. This pay rate applied […]

January 31, 2018Alexander the Great, comparison of living standards, Roman Empire, Viking Era

Abundance of food today compared with routine scarcity of food earlier than 150 years ago.

For most of history, one of the main challenges was getting enough food to eat. Keeping your family alive through the winter […]

January 29, 2018Alexander the Great, Middle Ages, Roman Empire, Viking Era

Most of the improvement in life expectancy in the last 10,000 years has taken place in the last 100 years.

Johan Norberg describes the tremendous progress in the last several hundred years in so many areas: life expectancy, health, sanitation, liberty, education, […]

January 22, 2018Middle Ages, Roman Empire, Viking Era

Gross World Product over last 27,000 years

Gross World Product, according to Wikipedia is the combined gross national product of all the countries in the world. Because imports and exports balance exactly when considering […]

January 20, 2018January 20, 2018Middle Ages, Roman Empire, Viking Era

Growth in world population

Our World in Data, the web site of Max Roser, visualizes data in amazing ways. Check out this graph of world population: […]

July 18, 2017Roman Empire

Roman currency debasement overlaid with cause of death for Roman Emperors.

The Money Project, from The Visual Capitalist, has a great visualization comparing the debasement of Roman currency with the cause of death […]

July 13, 2017Roman Empire

Contrast on the ability of the East and West parts of the Roman Empire to maintain a strong army and economic prosperity

At the conclusion of The Complete Roman Army, Adrian Goldsworthy provides a very brief summary of the role the army at the […]

Ancient Finances

Exploring finances in times of the Viking Age, Roman Empire, and Alexander the Great.

Category: Roman Empire