7.5 pounds of cotten It's close to impossible to compare ancient prices with today's prices because of the value of the coins. Ancient coins had a standard amount of pure silver/gold in them, making them, in some cases, more valuable than any denomination of ours. In other word, a few Roman coins would buy much more than today's dollars.
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The constant wars of the Roman Empire were extremely expensive for a failing Roman economy. They also cost them a lot of soldiers and ranks had to be filled with soldiers from the people who they had conquered.
The Roman civilisation lasted 1,200 years. The prices of land varied considerably over time. The Romans did not use the acre as a unit of measurement for land. They used the jugerum (plural, jugera) which was 240 pedes (Roman feet) by 120 pedes (75 metres by 35.5 metres). It was the equivalent of 0.623 acres.