Envy - The Seculary of a Wandering Jew (Book 1)

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by Paulo Barata

MEASUREMENT UNITS

  Aureus - Monetary unit, of Roman origin, eqv. 25 denarii

  Denarius - Monetary unit, of Roman origin, eqv. 4 sestertii

  Drachma - Monetary unit, of Greek origin

  Gold/Silver Talent - Monetary unit, eqv. a 58,9 kg of gold/silver

  League - Unit of distance, eqv. 2,22 km

  Mina - Monetary unit, of Greek origin, eqv. a 50 shekels

  Sestertius - Monetary unit, of Roman origin

  Shekel - Monetary unit, of Babylonian origin

  Stadium - Unit of distance, eqv. 185 m

  Talent - Unit of mass, eqv. weight of water in an amphora

  Tyrian Shekel - Monetary unit, only coinage accept in the Temple

 

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