288 DIOCLETIAN’S EDICT—PRICES THEN AND NOW 
Wages per Day. 
301 A.D. 1906 a.D.in the United 
s da. Stat 
Unskilled Workmari o 5} receives keep. 5/— to g/- (8 hours) 
Carpenter. - O Iog ‘i . Io/-to16/- __,, 
Painter ‘ - I 4} 3 - 11/- to 16/- 3s 
I add a few other prices, without attempting in these years 
of the ever-climbing wave of cost to give the corresponding 
modern quotations. 
£ ss @ 
Fowl o o 63 
Snails (per score) 0 oO of 
Asparagus (25 to the jianchy: 3 : o o 4 
Apples (best, 10) - . . : . 5 0 oO. of 
Barber. : . o oO 4$ 
Tailor (for cutting Sut and inishing best over 
garment) . . ‘i : o 1 «ut 
Elementary Teacher (per sap be erat Oo oO. tof 
Writing +‘ a a i o I 4 
Greek, Latin, or Geometry (per pupil per sant 2 0 3 «97 
Advocate for presenting a case : ; ; o 4 2 
s » finishing ve om 5 
Watcher of Clothes in public baths (for ead pation) o o 4$ 
Patricians’ shoes (per pair) . é : : . o 2 9 
Boots (Women’s) __,, o iz tI 
»  (Soldiers’, without Haile} Oo I ro} 
Transportation (I person, 1 mile) . : o o 4% 
Waggon (1 mile) : . : : e o oO 2g 
White Silk (per lb.) . - . , ‘ - Io Io oO 
Genuine Purple Silk (per Ib.) s , : - 130 I0 Oo 
Washed Tarentine Wool (per Ib.) . 4 ‘ : o 3 +21 
Ordinary washed Wool is oe F . from 54 to 11d. 
