| Show the richest man in speaking of the wealth of some of the ancients you class tiberius as the wealthiest at and give that of croesus the lydian at about you have not mentioned one wealthier than them all allwoo who was son BOH of aty the lydian who posse possessed swi in silver and gold together which added to his possession of land and slaves at a proportionate value would swell his wealth to about 1 I mean his gold at the doric value of if reckoned at the value of the stater liebos it would give him in coin and with slaves and lands in proportion a wealth of over this man without touching tou phing his silver and gold entertained at the city of the army of xerxes over strong in lus his invasion of greece and on a provi previous oiLs occasion made king darius xerxes father a magnificent present a gold plane tree band and vine this then was the wealthiest man in the world and it is doubtful it if there lias has been any one before or since to equal him new orleans times democrat |
