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#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

11308.193 - 11330.005 Gregory Aldrete

One of the things he does is he issues a new solid gold coin that he guarantees is solid gold and he calls it a solidus, a solid coin. He famously issues a price edict where he says this is the maximum it's legal to charge for any good or service. So it's an attempt to curb inflation. And that's not going to work, but it helps. Yeah.

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