- The
sestertius (pl.: sestertii) or
sesterce (pl.:
sesterces) was an
ancient Roman coin.
During the
Roman Republic it was a small,
silver coin
issued only...
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Short Film
Competition Sesterce d’or — Best
medium length film Jury
Prize — Most
innovative medium length film
Special Mention Sesterce d’argent — Best short...
- family. The
sesterce with his
three sisters was
discontinued after 39, due to Caligula's su****ion
regarding their loyalty. He also made a
sesterce celebrating...
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History that
Cleopatra once
dissolved a
pearl worth tens of
millions of
sesterces in
vinegar just to win a dinner-party bet. The
accusation that Antony...
- the
civil wars, to po****r dismay. The
soldiers were each
given 24,000
sesterces (a lifetime's
worth of pay);
further games and
celebrations were put on...
- (English "
sesterces",
symbolized as HS) was the
basic unit of
reckoning value into the 4th century,
though the
silver denarius,
worth four
sesterces, was also...
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auctioned the
empire to the
highest bidder,
Didius Juli****, for 25,000
sesterces per man. The
people of Rome were
appalled and
appealed to the frontier...
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kilometres (12 mi) from Rome. He gave his
soldiers a
donative of a
thousand sesterces (250 denarii) each, and
raised the
annual wage for a
soldier in the legions...
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furnishings have been found, both in
bronze and terracotta, as well as 683
sesterces; the
external façade
bears a
representation of jugs and
funnels and an...
- 29 BC,
Augustus gave 400
sesterces (equal to one-tenth of a
Roman pound of gold) each to 250,000 citizens, 1,000
sesterces each to 120,000
veterans in...
