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one-twelfth interest

also: unciario fenore, unciarium fenus

Interest capped at one-twelfth of the principal (about 8⅓% per year); later halved to one-twenty-fourth as the debt crisis dragged on.

Mentioned in 1 work (2 total)

The History of Rome, Book 7 history · 2 mentions

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