Download or read book The Roman Monetary System, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by E. A. Sydenham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Roman Monetary System, Vol. 1 The Roman system of calculating monetary values Iates from a period considerably anterior to that of the issue of the earliest Roman coins. Not until some years after the break up Of the Latin League, when Rome was well on the high road towards gaining the supremacy Over Italy, did she adopt a regular bronze coinage (aes grave) which was destined to form the basis of her monetary system 'while the Republic lasted, and with certain modifications and additions continued throughout imperial times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.