In Tacitus there is the story of the Romans imposing a tax on the Gauls The tax was in the form of cattle hides. When asked if it was the BIG or small cattle the hides were to come from the Romans said they wanted the Big Hides. This led to a tax revolt as the big cattle were too dangerous to mess with.
Would these be the aurochs?
After the Romans started shipping in wine, the Gauls didn’t give a **** what size they were. ;^)
Probably the problem was, a lack of large hides, and all the cattle were probably more like aurochs than they are now. :^)