concept
Talent
talent
A large unit of weight and money in the Greek world, used to reckon Carthage's war-indemnity.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 30 §37 talents
The talent, a large Greek unit of weight and money; the indemnity on Carthage was set at ten thousand silver talents.
- The History of Rome, Book 33 §10 talents
A large unit of weight and money; the indemnity laid on Philip was a thousand talents.
- The History of Rome, Book 37 §1 talents
A talent was a large Greek unit of weight and money; a thousand talents was a crushing indemnity.
- The History of Rome, Book 42 §72 talents
A talent was a large unit of weight and money in the Greek world; Perseus paid Cotys's cavalry two hundred as half a year's wage.