I found out a great story yesterday about the origin of the word money. I had always wondered, as it did not have the greek or roman term for coinage or financial matters as its root.
When the Gauls Besieged Rome in 387, in the middle of the night they were sneaking up the Capolitine Hill, and it was only the geese from the Temple of Juno who made a noise and alerted the Romans about the Gauls.
It was then that an aspect of Juno took on a new epithet, Juno Monete. Moneo, meaning in warn or advise in Latin.
At a later date, the mint for coins of Rome was moved to the temple of Juno Monete, and the magistrate who organised the mint was called a moneyer. So the origin of the word money, is warn, and came about because of geese, which I think is pretty cool.
I've been doing a short course of numismatics, which has been so much fun, we got into the uni vault yesterday, where there are millions of dollars worth of ancient coins. The quality and rarity of some of the coins are astounding. They were left to the Uni as a bequest
We also learnt how to tell a fake. Modern and ancient
I also thought it was sweet, that yesterday out lecturer was a numismaticist and a bird watcher and stuttered when he was nervous. A really lovely man but it was just so stereotypical.
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
