Fascinating Fact #2

DID YOU KNOW?
Salt was so valuable to the ancient Romans that it was used as currency. Soldiers were paid in salt, which was also used for trading.

Research shows that he first records of the term salary come from the 1300s. It ultimately comes from the Latin salārium meaning “money given to soldiers to buy salt” or “salt money.” In Latin, sāl means “salt.” In ancient Rome, the value of salt sometimes vastly exceeded the value of currency or was used as a suitable replacement for it.