Republican Money ‘slang’

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I got interested in rauduscul* because of its appearance in Varro, LL:

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I’d be quite keen to know who Varro is quoting in this context and if the sale in question might be a manumission…

Anyway, all the uses by Cicero are exceptionally casual and dismissive, not at all in same level of solemnity that Varro seems to be describing.

 

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