There's also all the non-cash elements (gifts of land, shares in gains
from conquered territory, etc) that a (successful) solider could
expect.
Money itself was never the only driving force in the Roman economy,
and how 'well off' someone was will not relate simply to paid money.
On 20 July 2011 11:11, Richard Ellam
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> HI Julie
> This is very difficult to answer because we 'need' so many more things to
> make life bearable than a Roman Squaddie did - so we need much more money to
> pay for them. A better approach may be to ask what a denarius would have
> bought, and from this to go on to ask whether our Roman Solider would have
> had enough money from his salary to be able to support a family, or to save
> for his old age, or whether his pay was just enough to live on?
> Did he have to pay 'deductions', such as messing and for equipment out of
> his cash?
> How did his pay compare with that of his superiors? (it might be worth
> making a comparison with modern British army salary differentials where
> private gets about £20k, and the head of the armed forces about £245 k pa).
> Indeed, were officers paid, or were they expected to be able to support
> themselves from private incomes?
> And how did a solider's pay compare with what you could earn in civvy
> street?
> This approach gives a much better idea of how well off a Roman Solider would
> have though himself than trying to make any kind of conversion of the value
> of a denarius in to modern cash.
> Hope this helps
>
> Regards
> Richard.
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> I am trying to find out what a denarius would have been worth in modern day
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