School has been out all week and Becca and I are settling in and getting used to having each other around. She's getting good at complaining about having to do parent-assigned homework over the summer, but still doing it with a minimum of fuss. We've done quite a few things together already, including going sailing on Lake Union with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) frog_mb, going out to lunch with raffenshiv, going to work together and she getting to play in my playtest session of Ellis.
She will post about these events over the weekend.
The sailing was wonderful and fun, even if the wind was a little light. The game went well, I thought, and at least partially made up for my poor showing last week.
Next week she has lots planned too: Game night on Saturday, birthday party on Sunday, going out with chubling and garurumom on Monday for hair styling and maybe dyeing. Her father is a little nervous about that last one...
Work has progressed well on my game this week (although I did fail to meet some goals I set for myself). I wrote nearly 3400 words over the week, but didn't get my 5 saints a day done like I had hoped. Oh well. I still made progress.
I also found a neat historical document. I have long be fascinated by the Statute of Laborers of 1351 in which Edward III of England tried to artificially set the wages of workers in response to increased demand for work after the Black Death. This week I discovered a similar document called the Edict on Maximum Prices. This law, made in 301 by the Emperor Diocletian, tried to set maximum prices on common goods during a period of rampant inflation caused by the debasing of the Roman monetary system. Because of the inflation, the prices themselves are horribly skewed, but the ratios and relative pricing should be meaningful.
Wheat 1 army modius 100
Barley 1 army modius 60
Rye 1 army modius 60
Millet, ground 1 army modius 100
Millet, whole 1 army modius 50
Panic grass 1 army modius 50
Spelt, hulled 1 army modius 100
Beans, crushed 1 army modius 100
Beans, not ground 1 army modius 60
Lentils 1 army modius 100
Pulse 1 army modius 80
Peas, split 1 army modius 100
Peas, not split 1 army modius 60
Rice, cleaned 1 army modius 200
Barley grits, cleaned 1 modius 100
Spelt grits, cleaned 1 modius 200
Sesame 1 army modius 200
II. Likewise, for wines:
Picene 1 Italian sextarius 30
Tiburtine 1 Italian sextarius 30
Sabine 1 Italian sextarius 30
Falernian 1 Italian sextarius 30
Aged wine, first quality 1 Italian sextarius 24
Aged wine, second quality 1 Italian sextarius 16
Ordinary 1 Italian sextarius 8
Beer, Gallic or Pannonian 1 Italian sextarius 4
Beer, Egyptian 1 Italian sextarius 2
III. Likewise, for oil:
From unripe olives 1 Italian sextarius 40
Second quality 1 Italian sextarius 24
Salt 1 army modius 100
Spiced salt 1 Italian sextarius 8
Honey, best quality 1 Italian sextarius 40
Honey, second quality 1 Italian sextarius 24
IV. Likewise, for meat:
Pork 1 Italian pound 12
Beef 1 Italian pound 8
Leg of pork, Menapic or
Cerritane, best 1 Italian pound 20
Pork mincemeat 1 ounce 2
Beef mincemeat 1 Italian pound 10
Pheasant, fattened 250
Pheasant, wild 125
Chickens 1 brace 60
Venison 1 Italian pound 12
Butter 1 Italian pound 16
V. Likewise, for fish:
Sea fish with rough scales 1 Italian pound 24
Fish, second quality 1 Italian pound 16
River fish, best quality 1 Italian pound 12
River fish, second quality 1 Italian pound 8
Salt fish 1 Italian pound 6
Oysters 100 100
VII. For wages:
Farm laborer, with maintenance (daily) 25
Carpenter, as above (daily) 50
Wall painter, as above (daily) 75
Picture painter, as above (daily) 150
Baker, as above (daily) 50
Shipwright working on a seagoing ship, as above (daily) 60
Shipwright working on a river boat, as above (daily) 50
Muleteer, with maintenance (daily) 25
Veterinary, for clipping and preparing hoofs (per animal) 6
Veterinary, for bleeding and cleaning the head (per animal) 20
Barber (per man) 2
Sewer cleaner, working a full day, with maintenance (daily) 25
Scribe, for the best writing (per 100 lines) 25
Scribe, for second-quality writing (per 100 lines) 20
Notary, for writing a petition or legal document (per 100 lines) 10
Elementary teacher per boy (monthly) 50
Teacher of arithmetic, per boy (monthly) 75
Teacher of shorthand, per boy (monthly) 75
The modius is about the same as a modern Peck (1/3 of a bushel). A Sextarius is about a Pint.
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