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Gina:
--- Quote from: octoberose on September 27, 2015, 08:28:06 PM ---Well, I'm finding that "salary goes back to the Latin word that originally denoted a 'allowance given to a Roman soldier for buying salt'. This was 'Salarium, a derivative of salt. " So you may have understood it right in the first place- I'm going with that! "
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I guess I was thinking of Mark 15 - where someone was testing Jesus about paying taxes to Caesar (a Roman emperor) and Jesus asked for a denarius and said, Whose image is on this coin?
Yes, I went to the ancient history encyclopedia and maybe I missed it but I didn't see anything in there about currency made of salt or anything like that being paid to Roman soldiers. http://www.ancient.eu/Roman_Coinage/ Before the denarius (which I think was made from silver?) there was a bulky bronze currency and other things.
But I have heard the expression worth their weight in salt (maybe I'm dreamin').
Every time I go to do a google search for "salarium," it comes back with "Did you mean: solarium" I don't know. It's pretty interesting stuff though, that's for sure.
Nice to see you here, Octoberose. I hope you're doing well and your family and everything's fine. :)
Gina:
And I guess my other thought was if the soldiers were paid in salt, who were they going to trade it with being so close to the Dead Sea? LOL The street vendors would have been all like, What's this?! I pack my fish in this stuff, Buddy! Got loads of it right out there in the sea, for heaven's sake! Who you think you foolin'?
haha!
indianabob:
Dead Sea salt is not the same as our table salt.
You could bathe in it but don't put it on your tomato salad. ::) :P
See attached.
Indiana Bob
Best Answer: The Dead Sea waters contain salts of magnesium chloride (53%), potassium chloride (37%) and only 8% sodium chloride, which is normal table salt. Magnesium chloride and potassium chloride give the Dead Sea salt a bitter taste that makes it undesirable to consume, but not poisonous.
However, since raw sewage runs into the Dead Sea it probably is unsafe to drink. The salinity may kill most of the bacteria, but there are trace metals that are hazardous that are found in these waste waters. Agricultural chemicals are another problem.
Some Dead Sea salts are mined for 'therapeutic" uses, likely because some of the minerals in the salts are thought to be good for the skin.
Gina:
Wow, interesting find, Bob. Magnesium is really good for you. Yes, I would imagine back in Jesus' day with all of the Jews' sanitary rules and regulations, there was no one letting raw sewage drain into the Dead Sea.
Doug:
Check into Himalayan salt, it is simply amazing. Research Sole which is a concentrated form of the salt.
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