[elcid1970]

I grew up hearing that the word `salary’ comes from the Latin “salarium” meaning an allowance paid to each Roman soldier for the purpose of buying salt, which they called `magic white sand’. They were not paid in kind with salt.

Ave Caesar Imperator! All roads lead to Rome!

[blam]

I heard it the other way around. That they were paid in salt and the word salary came from the word salt.