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Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago So where did that apochrapha(sp?) come from?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago Comment on It was a lot easier to get a job back in the day
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago So where did that apochrapha(sp?) come from?
PugJesus@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
A misinterpretation of a line from Pliny the Elder. Pliny traces the etymology of ‘salary’ (when talking about soldiers and government officials) to ‘salt’ because of salt’s value in prior times, but doesn’t actually say soldiers (or government officials, for that matter) were paid in salt.