how many coins did Biggus Dickus earn per year?

"Life of Brian."


IF you ain't seen it, stop whatever you are doing....

We all need a good start for the day. Great comedy.

Pilate: I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called 'Biggus Dickus'.

I suspect the Cache was the garrison's payroll that was somehow thrown or dropped into the river. Way too much money for one soldier to have.

all who would know of the post's hiding place for soldier pay.

After all we'll probably never know how the coins were deposited where they were found.

Frontier garrisons were rarely over run. The were basically placed there to keep an eye on things and project Rome's power and eventually became trading posts and gateways between Roman and barbarian culture.

Within a few centuries, most of Rome's military had adopted German forms of dress; trousers, large brooches, sword belt and scabbard. German tribes that had developed friendly relations with the Romans were tapped for troops when needed (foederati). By the 4th and 5th centuries Germans often headed large contingents of Roman troops (magister militum or patricius). Not that the cultural exchanges were one way, but the 5th century most German nobles were nominally christians, though they practiced a non-Catholic version which would create further divisions.

I'd liken this situation to our southern border with Mexico. Over time the US has developed an appreciation for meso-American cultural items (food for instance) and those south of the border seemed to have developed western consumption practices.

about the same time span as 55 to 200 AD

I saw a documentary last spring. Reading about the coins being found reminded me of the documentary.

From the OP:
"the most recently minted under Septimius Severus, shortly after A.D. 200" -- two centuries later.

I read the post this am and just got back to it without rereading.