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mareko on Dec 5, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: According to Plutarch, Julius Caesar was once capt...

That's a lot of silver. 50 talents could be up to 1800kg in silver.

Balgair on Dec 5, 2023 [–]

That would be ~0.17 m3 of volume, ~ 6 ft3, or about a 45 gallon drum.

A picture of such a drum: http://joslebel.com/en/catalog/plastic-drums/plastic-drums-t...

That's ... actually a lot of silver.

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