Show I Salt as Money I Down the ages wars have been fo fought over salt Roman soldiers received it as part of their pay This was known as or salt money money hence hence our word salary Salt has b been en used as money from Abyssinia to Tibet and it played an important part inthe in inthe inthe the financial system of the Mogul emperors Marco Polo commented comment comment- ed Cd on salt money in his accounts of his travels Cleopatra knowing the preservative preservative preservative qualities of salt had the body of her Roman lover Antony embalmed embalmed em em- in it and arid ordered that when she died her body should be similarly treated and laid by his i side |