What occasioned the extravagance of those high prices was, not so much the abundance of silver, as the abundance of labour and subsistence, of which those Romans had the disposal, beyond what was necessary for their own use.

造成这些高价格的奢侈的，与其说是银的丰富，不如说是罗马人可以支配的劳动和生活资料的丰富，超出了他们自己使用的必要。