concept
imperial treasury
also: fiscum
Reading notes
- The Annals §3.17 five million sesterces
A very large sum (HS 5,000,000) settled on Marcus Piso to soften his ten-year banishment.
- The Annals §3.31 the auction-spear
The hasta, the spear planted to mark a public auction; here the forced sale of condemned men's confiscated property.
- The Annals §3.51 carried to the treasury
Senatorial decrees were deposited at the aerarium (treasury) to take effect; the new ten-day delay gave the condemned a stay before execution.
- The Histories §1.67 imperial treasury
The fiscus, the emperor's own treasury (distinct from the senatorial aerarium); Galba had diverted Lyon's revenues into it in anger.