January 19, 2019January 20, 2019Other eras, U.S. Civil War Inflation factors during the Civil War and an indication of relative wages in the 1860s. An insightful indicator of wages during the Civil War can be found in The Cause Lost: Myths and Realities of the Confederacy, […]
October 1, 2018comparison data, Middle Ages Cost and time to cross the Atlantic has dropped by more than 90% in the last 500 years. Transatlantic travel time has dropped radically in the last 500 years. Time to transit the Atlantic has dropped about 99% and cost […]
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 […]
December 22, 2017December 22, 2017Viking Era Estimate of price of silver and gold in Viking Age To give you a rough picture of relative values during the Viking Age, the items in each of the above photos would […]
December 4, 2017Viking Era Units of measure and relative value in the Viking Age Before trying to quantify some sort of dollar value for items during the Viking era, let’s look at some relative values. My […]
October 26, 2017comparison data, Other eras What was the price of gold in 1522 in relation to today’s dollar? Previous post explored a comment by Eric Metaxas in his book, Martin Luther, The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World, […]
October 17, 2017December 31, 2017Viking Era Guess on volume of trade in Gotland during Viking Age The Viking, by Tre Tryckare, copyright 1967, has some fun speculation on the volume of annual trade in a major Viking trading […]