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Roman Money

The Romans, like other ancient nations, at first had no coined money, but either exchanged comme- The barile of Naples = 43.6216 litres; of dities with one another, or used a certain Rome, 58.5416 litres; of Tuscany, 45.584 litres. weight of uncoined brass, or other metal. The wedro of Russia (10 stof or 30 Russian Hence the names which indicated certain pieces of money, when coin came to be used, was divided into 12 parts, Unciæ (ounces). were the same as those which were used to and these Unciæ into several weights of lower indicate weights. denominations.