” How was the newest war, thermae, palace, or circus to be paid for?”
Boy Howdy, that sorta sounds a little like Washington DC.
But we can all be assured that ‘our’ government would never debase our dollar like them old Romans did their denarius. Would they?
From: usinflationcalculator.com
If in 1913 I purchased an item for $1.00
then in 2023 that same item would cost: $30.49
Cumulative rate of inflation: 2948.8%
As the old song goes, We are Headin for the Last Roundup and fast.
I recall the expression, "I'll bet you a dollar to a doughnut..." With doughnuts now costing about $1.50 each, that expression is no longer heard.