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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. Richard Ellam L M Interactive Science Shows and Hands-On Stuff [log in to unmask] On 20 Jul 2011, at 10:22, GEM Office wrote: > Forwarded on behalf of [log in to unmask] > Please DO NOT reply to GEM! > ************************************************ > > > Hi All > > Greetings from a cloudy Carlisle! Just wondered if anyone out in > GEM-land can help here.. > > I am trying to find out what a denarius would have been worth in > modern day money? Perhaps easier if it is 300 denarii? We are > compiling information about a Roman soldier’s pay and I think that > the visitor would like to have an idea of what the modern day > equivalent is. This may not be possible but wondered if any lovely > people out there in this virtual land could help or make > suggestions here?? > > Many thanks > > Jules > > Julie Wooding > Learning & Access Manager > Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust > Castle Street > Carlisle > CA3 8TP > > Tel. No. 01228 618724 > Mobile: 07969 082302 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > Carlisle City Council has scanned this e-mail and its attachments > to ensure that they are virus free. > > Any problems should be reported to the IT help Desk on 01228 817265 > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > > Think before you print. In the interests of saving paper, only > print this e-mail if really necessary. > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list > owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information > about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) > see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin? > A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +