93 of 234 days: Liberalitas and the gens Thoria

My favorite detail of the attributes of Liberalitas is her money shovel. Sometimes its called an abacus (wrong) or accounting board (a plausible, but potentially misleading term). This tool was used to ensure each individual got the same number of coins in distributions of imperial largesse. On the Arch of Constantine you can see the … Continue reading 93 of 234 days: Liberalitas and the gens Thoria