Kulit kayu manis: Perbedaan antara revisi

 

Berdasarkan Pliny the Elder, satu pon kasia dan kayu manis (pon romawi = 327 gr) dihargai 1500 [[denarii]], atau setara dengan lima puluh bulan gaji buruh ketika itu.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Natural History|volume=3|year=1855|url=https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof31855plin/|author=Pliny the Elder|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|via=Internet Archive|location=London, UK|page=140|quote=The right of regulating the sale of the cinnamon belongs solely to the king of the Gebanitæ, who opens the market for it by public proclamation. The price of it was formerly as much as a thousand denarii per pound; which was afterwards increased to half as much again, in consequence, it is said, of the forests having been set on fire by the barbarians, from motives of resentment[...]}}</ref> Buku karangan [[Diocletian]], [[Edict on Maximum Prices]] di tahun 301 masehi menyebut harga 125 denarii per pon atau setara dengan lima hari gaji buruh tani ketika itu.<ref>{{cite book|title=An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome |volume=V: Rome and Italy of the Empire |editor-last=Frank |editor-first=Tenney |last=Graser |first=E. R. |chapter=A text and translation of the Edict of Diocletian |year=1940 |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins Press]] |isbn=978-0374928483}}</ref> Kayu manis amatlah mahal sehingga jarang sekali digunakan sebagai dupa upacara pemakaman, tetapi suatu hari Kaisar [[Nero]] membakar sejumlah kayu manis setara dengan pasokan setahun kota Roma untuk pemakaman istrinya, [[Poppaea Sabina]], di tahun 65 masehi.<ref>Toussaint-Samat 2009, p. 437f.</ref>

 

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