Timeline for When did the Roman Empire devalue currency?
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| Nov 16, 2016 at 18:51 | comment | added | taninamdar | This may not be directly related to the question, but Diocletian's Edict on Maximum Prices is an interesting related thing. | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 15:13 | answer | added | MCW♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 16, 2016 at 12:33 | history | edited | MCW♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 16, 2016 at 10:48 | comment | added | Doctor Zhivago | The answer lies not in creating an inflation but forcing everyone in your "Empire" to find alternative methods of being paid. Horses became a powerful form of Money as a consequence. Emperors became weak. Legions quite often defeated. | |
| Nov 15, 2016 at 15:55 | comment | added | MCW♦ | Basic economic principle- "Inflation is a tax that nobody has to vote for". Debasement (effectively the same as inflation for specie currency) creates more money, giving the government more funds and more. Debasement happens all the time - there is no single event or period. | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 23:47 | vote | accept | Giannis | ||
| Nov 14, 2016 at 22:07 | answer | added | John Dallman | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 21:27 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 14, 2016 at 21:26 | history | asked | Giannis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |