HeyJaredPeter Edwell
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Our pay is called a ‘salary’, but were Roman soldiers really paid in salt? (opens the original)
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Every second Wednesday, like clockwork, my salary arrives in my bank account. By Thursday, most of it is gone. Recently, though, as I contemplated its fortnightly appearance and disappearance, I started thinking about the origin of the word “salary”. As a historian of the ancient Roman Empire, I often think about the modern legacy it continues to bestow. It’s a common belief that the English word “salary” derives from the Latin word salarium because Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in actual b
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