silvei

Updated: May 20, 2025

The royal domains and royalties were not granted to the confederacies, and these were specially prohibited from working the gold and silvei mines, a chief source of the national wealth; but in 596 they were again permitted to work at least the silver-mines. The import of salt, and the export of timber for shipbuilding, were prohibited.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book III : From the Union of Italy to the Subjugation of Carthage and the Greek States

The royal domains and royalties were not granted to the confederacies, and these were specially prohibited from working the gold and silvei mines, a chief source of the national wealth; but in 596 they were again permitted to work at least the silver-mines. The import of salt, and the export of timber for shipbuilding, were prohibited.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)