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Coins, just like today.

Salt was also used, as Rome's major highway was called the Via Salaria (Salt Road): along that road, Roman soldiers transported salt crystals from the salt flats at Ostia up the Tiber river. In return, they received a salarium or salary, which was literally money paid to soldiers to buy salt. The old saying "worth their/its salt" (to be valuable) derives from this custom of payment during the Roman Empire.

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The Romans used coins for money. In the very early days salt and barter were used, but they soon transferred to the convenience of coinage. They used the quadrans, dupondius, as, sestertius, denarius and aureus.

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