Research Article
Antikythera Mechanism and the Ancient World
Table 3
Approximate quantity of the grain delivered from Sicily to Rome during the period (74–71 BC) and its cost.
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Tax corn sold at sesterces as social price (by “Lex Sempronia Agraria” law) for poor persons or sold at 3 sesterces as regular price; S-ship capacity is equal to 2,500 tons; capacity of usual vessel ~50–70 tons. |