EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down115
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoEven calculating based on the silver content when sestertius is 2.5g silver gives 90M grams of 90 metric tons. Each gram is valued around $1 so that’s a 90M USD there.
Even calculating based on the silver content when sestertius is 2.5g silver gives 90M grams of 90 metric tons. Each gram is valued around $1 so that’s a 90M USD there.