Definition of Sestertii. Meaning of Sestertii. Synonyms of Sestertii

- 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...
- 2 gold quinarii = 25 silver denarii = 50 silver quinarii = 100 bronze sestertii = 200 bronze dupondii = 400 copper ****es = 800 copper semisses = 1,600...
- of the wealthiest men of the empire with a total wealth of 280 million sestertii circulated after his coronation. His faction distributed copies of the...
- years, was gone (1 pound of gold = 40 gold aurei = 1,000 denarii = 4,000 sestertii).[citation needed] This currency had almost no value by the end of the...
- senator also had to meet a minimum property requirement of 1 million sestertii. Not all men who qualified for the ordo senatorius chose to take a Senate...
- that the pay of the Roman soldier increased from 900 sestertii a year under Augustus to 2,000 sestertii a year under Septimius Severus, while the price of...
- 14, 100, and 150 AD, estimates of per capita GDP range from 166 to 380 sestertii. The Roman Empire was not uniformly developed. The GDP per capita of Italy...
- wine): Pliny, Natural History 8.209. Having spent a fortune of 100 million sestertii on his kitchen, spent all the gifts he had received from the Imperial...
- Seneca had acquired a vast personal fortune of three hundred million sestertii by charging high interest on loans throughout Italy and the provinces...
- were exempted from military service, received a fixed salary (of 600 sestertii, in the beginning of the Empire), and were organized in a corporation...