Gresham College Lectures

The Roman Denarius and the Euro: A precedent for monetary union?

• Gresham College

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A look at the way the Roman Empire has sometimes been used as an historical precedent for the European Union, and specifically the way that the integration of the Roman monetary system has been seen as a (sometimes justifying) precedent for modern European monetary union.

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