At first with what were the roman army payed with???

Answer 1

at first they were payed with salt...i know it's strange but salt was very hard to find then...and that's were the word salary comes from

Answer 2

Prior to the Empire/Late Republic, the soldiers were volunteers. They had to provide their own armour and equipment and were unpaid.

In the early Empire Augustus reformed the army and a wage of coin/salt was given to each soldier, part of which was taxed to pay for their retirement. When they retired after their 25 years of compulsory service, they were given land, usually in recently colonized areas outside of Rome, such as in France, Spain or Britain, depending upon where they served. This is how you ended up with soldier colonies throughout the empire. They were also given the remainder of their wages, and a retirement bonus which they then lived off.

Roman soldiers were forbidden to marry, not only because of the impracticality of wives etc. but also because the Roman state did not want to pay a pension to their widows!

Sometimes, if they were involved in a successful campaign, the General would divide the booty up with the soliders. This occurred more and more often towards the end of the empire, when taxes were higher and pay was lower.

Septimius Severus was the first Emperor since Augustus introduced it, to raise the wages of those in the army.

The Roman army was the heaviest drain upon the treasury of the Empire.

Answer 3

Salt. "In Ancient Rome, salt started to be used as money originating the current Latin-derivative term salary. Unfortunately for those paid with salt, it was easily ruined by rain and other factors."

Answer 4

does'nt sound practicle but salt!