Talk:Res Gestae Divi Augusti

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Should this move to List of Latin phrases? Jwrosenzweig 17:22, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

No, it is actually an inscription (well, a whole bunch of inscriptions) praising Augustus' deeds as emperor. It just needs to be expanded. Adam Bishop 17:24, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

It needs to be expanded to remain an article on its own. I hope it is. - Tεxτurε 17:27, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Done :) Adam Bishop 17:40, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Excellent. :) Sorry for being initially interested in moving it, the stub didn't really explain the phrase's significance. Bravo for the expansion! Jwrosenzweig 17:47, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Money values

I have read that, in augustus's time, a denarius had the proportional value to 25 dollars, not 0.3 dollars. In terms of labour prices, 600 million denarius would be valued today as 100 billion dollars not only 200 million!--RafaelG 19:30, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, where did you read that? Adam Bishop 00:36, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

In the early 1th century, a unskilled worker had a daily wage of 1 denarius, compared to 180 dollars in america today. Also, a single denarius was estimated to have a PPP proportional to about 25 today's dollars, so 200 million dollars is an absurd low value to that quantity of money. --RafaelG 17:33, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

There are lots of comparisons with present-day money and ancient money values. It ius really impracticle to make precise comparisons, as they are so far removed from one another. Bensonby 17:48, 2 October 2006 (UTC)