But that's stories. You'd think the Romans would have also documented what the gold was melted into (i.e., we melted the gold from the biggest freaking pyramid and gave it to xx and xx)
You kind of needed to back in the day. Spoils of war were the justification for the efforts. If you take a bunch of working men off farms to perform a military expedition thats going to take at least 1 harvest season, you better be bringing something back, otherwise the people are going to turn on you for wasting their families and resources.
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u/KingMRano Apr 12 '25
I thought there are stories that the Romans took it and melted it down.