Talk:Alaric I

From the previous version:

"After much bargaining, the famine-stricken citizens agreed to pay a ransom of more than a quarter of a million sterling, (question for reviewers: did sterling have a meaning in late Roman context, or has the 1911 author helpfully converted some Roman amount to 1911 British pounds sterling? This should be checked against other sources) besides precious garments of silk and leather and three thousand pounds of pepper. Thus ended Alaric's first siege of Rome."

I stumbled across the primary source that provided this figure for the 1911 EB author today, & it stated that the Romans paid Alaric 2000 pound of gold -- pounds as in measure of weight, not the currency.

If you can phrase this better in the text, please make the change. -- llywrch 06:08 Nov 21, 2002 (UTC)