EfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1237arrow-down117
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkTIL the highest paid athlete of all time was Roman charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles, earning total ~$15 billion over his careeren.wikipedia.orgEfreetSK@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 days agono, you are dividing loaves of bread by 3 to get USD, that would only be right if a loaf cost 1/3 of a dollar. The sequence should be money in Sestertius / (Sestertius per loaf) = loaves loaves * (USD per loaf) = money in USD
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 days agooh, doy! blinded by the numbers, fixed now Let me know if you spot any more goofs
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoAh, I see you already got it. 😄👍
no, you are dividing loaves of bread by 3 to get USD, that would only be right if a loaf cost 1/3 of a dollar.
The sequence should be money in Sestertius / (Sestertius per loaf) = loaves
loaves * (USD per loaf) = money in USD
oh, doy! blinded by the numbers, fixed now
Let me know if you spot any more goofs
Ah, I see you already got it. 😄👍