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and seneca the stoic had 300 million sestertii total net worth, compared to the ordinary yearly wage of 200 sestertii, give or take! lots of rich religious fol
by curuinor 4y ago
and seneca the stoic had 300 million sestertii total net worth, compared to the ordinary yearly wage of 200 sestertii, give or take!
lots of rich religious folks out there in history. when they expropriated the buddhists in the huichang expropriation during the tang, they took tens of millions of acres of arable land and liberated 150,000 temple slaves
- biztos 4y ago> when they expropriated the buddhists in the huichang expropriation during the tang… Do you happen to have any good links for learning more about this? The Wikipedia page[0] is a mess and my Google skills have fallen short. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichang_Persecution_of_Buddhism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huichang_Persecution_of_Buddhi...
- curuinor 4y agobest to go read reschauer's book, cited in the wiki page