Seneca had a fortune of 17,500,000

Tiberius left at his death, and

Caligula spent in less than

twelve months 118,120,000

Gifts and bribes may be considered

signs of great riches:

Caesar presented Servilia, the

mother of Brutus, with a pearl

worth 200,000

Paulus, the consul, was bribed by

Caesar with the sum of 292,000

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