And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, November 30, 2020
Must have been quite the threat to get the Romans to bury that and then forget where.
The Trier Gold Hoard is claimed to be the largest Roman gold hoard ever discovered. It comprises more than 2650 aurei with a total weight of about 49.57 pounds troy.
And had they kept their mouths shut and not sought attention, they'd be living a bit different life. Why, why, why does everyone want the world to know they found money?
No big deal. I'm always finding coins between the sofa cushions. It adds up.
ReplyDeleteThe squirrels and jays round here would beg to differ...
ReplyDelete$1,156,337 in bulk metal alone at this morning's gold price.
ReplyDeleteAnd had they kept their mouths shut and not sought attention, they'd be living a bit different life.
DeleteWhy, why, why does everyone want the world to know they found money?
Someone buries the treasury, then before it can be dug up, the people who know where it is are killed, deported, sold off ...
ReplyDeleteIt would have made a decent down payment on the sea plane.
ReplyDeleteChange of life as soon as you find a hoard like that/
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