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Denarii

Denarius \De*na"ri*us\, n.; pl. Denarii. [L. See 2d Denier.] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the ``penny'' of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.

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alt. (plural of denarius English) n. (plural of denarius English)

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Yesterday two of my Name-Prompters, (of that Age which has just assum'd the manly Gown) were drawn in by three Denarii a-piece to commend the Speaker.

There he declared his cargo and paid his duty, accidentally dropping a purse of silĀ­ver denarii as they left, to insure the amount and kind of cargo he declared were not too closely looked at by the customs officials.

Ordinarily he would have bypassed the beckoning flame but as they were low on food and there was the chance the camp below might be friendly enough to barter for some of the silver denarii Casca had in the purse under his cloak, the two made their way down the hillside.

To each of the legionaries he gave from the sale of the booty 50 denarii, double the amount to the centurions and treble to the cavalry, and the same amount to the men of the Latin allies.

Each of the legionaries received 25 denarii, the centurions twice and the cavalry three times as much, and the allied troops received the same.

In the procession were carried 307,000 denarii and 85,702 "victoriati.

To each legionary were given fifteen denarii, double the amount to the centurions, and treble to the cavalry.

He had ordered them to supply 100,000 denarii and 50,000 modii of wheat, and they asked for time to send to the consul Hostilius and to Rome.

So great was the amount of booty secured that 400 denarii were distributed to each cavalryman and 200 to each foot soldier, and 150,000 human beings were carried off.

The legionaries were given 100 denarii each, the centurions twice as much, and the cavalry three times that amount.

Many captured standards were carried in the procession, together with other spoils, and the furniture of the palace, 27 pounds of gold, and 19 of silver, besides 13,000 denarii and 120,000 silver pieces of Illyrian coinage.

Out of the booty each legionary received 45 denarii, the centurions twice, and the cavalry three times as much.

After twenty years' service, the veteran received three thousand denarii, (about one hundred pounds sterling,) or a proportionable allowance of land.

It was the common standard of the Barbaric fines, and contained forty denarii, or silver three pences.

Twelve of these denarii made a solidus, or shilling, the twentieth part of the ponderal and numeral livre, or pound of silver, which has been so strangely reduced in modern France.