Medievalists.net » Pope Sylvester I http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Unexpected Evidence concerning Gold Mining in Early Byzantium http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:40:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54002 One of the consequences of the decline of Roman imperial might was the shortage of slaves at state-run mines. Consequently, criminals were often sentenced to damnatio ad metallum. The need for gold especially soared when the gold solidus was introduced at the beginning of the fourth century.

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