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sestertius

sesterce

also: nummum, sesterces

The standard Roman silver coin and unit of money, in which the elder Roscius's estate (worth some six million) was sold off for a mere two thousand.

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Mentioned in 65 works (180 total)

For Sextus Roscius of Ameria speeches · 1 mention
For Quintus Roscius the Comic Actor speeches · 16 mentions
Against Caecilius (Divinatio) speeches · 2 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book I speeches · 11 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book II speeches · 21 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book III speeches · 35 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 7 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V speeches · 3 mentions
Against Verres, First Hearing speeches · 3 mentions
For Marcus Fonteius speeches · 1 mention
For Aulus Cluentius speeches · 11 mentions
Ad Atticum 1.12 letters · 1 mention
For Lucius Flaccus speeches · 4 mentions
Ad Atticum 4.2 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.5 letters · 1 mention
On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
Against Piso speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 4.15 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 4.17 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Familiares 13.61 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.14 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.9 letters · 1 mention
For Gaius Rabirius Postumus speeches · 2 mentions
On the Laws philosophy · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 5.4 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 5.5 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 8.8 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 6.1 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Atticum 7.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 7.26 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 9.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 10.5 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 10.11 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 5.20 letters · 4 mentions
Ad Atticum 11.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 11.2 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Atticum 11.11 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 11.14 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 11.24 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 13.29 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 16.18 letters · 1 mention
Orator: To Marcus Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention
Stoic Paradoxes philosophy · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 12.21 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 12.25 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 12.52 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 13.31 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 13.46 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.15 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.17 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.20 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.21 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 16.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 16.2 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 16.15 letters · 1 mention
On Duties philosophy · 2 mentions
Second Philippic speeches · 4 mentions
Ad M. Brutum 1.11 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 11.10 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 12.28 letters · 1 mention
Twelfth Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Thirteenth Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Fifth Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Sixth Philippic speeches · 1 mention

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