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Offline cliff_marsland

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Caesar donatives - information needed
« on: September 27, 2013, 07:38:51 pm »
I'm interested in the subject and I also want to make sure I have my facts right for a particular discussion.  I'd like to know about different Caesar donatives to the public.  I remember reading about one that was 6,000 denarii (would that be roughly in the ballpark of $75,000?) for each citizen.  I would love to know about any more that were recorded.

I don't admire Caesar nearly as much as Sulla, but as despots go, he certainly wasn't that terribly bad. 
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Re: Caesar donatives - information needed
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2013, 04:25:26 am »
Not too hard to come off as a decent guy when you can avoid taxing the rich while also rewarding the poor thanks to money taken from your enemies.

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Re: Caesar donatives - information needed
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2013, 10:48:55 am »
Yes, true!  I'd still take him, though!

Even Sulla was Mr. Nice Guy by modern standards, to be fair, though.
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Re: Caesar donatives - information needed
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