Analysis finds defeat of Hannibal 'written in the coins of the Roman Empire'

[gallienus1]

Analysis finds defeat of Hannibal 'written in the coins of the Roman Empire'

see-

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/14/roman-coins-analysis-tells-hannibal-defeat-rome-rise

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170814092835.htm


Reading these articles make me wonder- if the Republic was stimulated by the wealth of the captured silver mines of Spain following the 2nd Punic War- did the Late Republic gain a boost to empire by the wealth captured from the Celts by Caesar, or later during the Empire from the wealth captured by Trajan in the Dacian Wars?

Steve 

[mix_val]

Thanks for this.  I'd like to read the geochemistry paper for further details.
No question in my mind that conquest increased the wealth and furthered the expansion of the empire.