Who invented cash? 💰
The first official coins weren’t Roman at all, they actually came from Lydia (modern-day Turkey) around 600 BC, made of a shiny gold–silver alloy called electrum.
The Romans, though, took money to another level:
🏛️ They minted coins on an industrial scale.
👑 They stamped emperors’ heads on silver denarii and bronze asses.
🛡️ They paid entire armies in cash.
🚰 They used taxes in coin to build roads, aqueducts, and amphitheaters.
For Rome, coins weren’t just currency but control. If you owed Caesar, you paid Caesar and in Caesar’s coin.
Two thousand years later, travel businesses are still doing the same thing: moving money, collecting tax, and keeping the empire running… just with fewer togas!
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