![]() Vespasian's name still attaches to public urinals in France ( vespasiennes), Italy ( vespasiani), and Romania ( vespasiene). The phrase Pecunia non olet is still used today to say that the value of money is not tainted by its origins. When Titus said "No," he replied, "Yet it comes from urine" ( „Atqui ex lotio est“). The Roman historian Suetonius reports that when Vespasian's son Titus complained about the disgusting nature of the tax, his father held up a gold coin and asked, whether he felt offended by smell ( sciscitans num odore offenderetur). It was used in tanning, and also by launderers as a source of ammonia to clean and whiten woollen togas. (The Roman lower classes urinated into pots which were emptied into cesspools.) The urine collected from public urinals was sold as an ingredient for several chemical processes. Only two days have gone by since the terrorist attacks in Paris and already you can buy on-line t-shirts, bags, perfumes, hats and other things with the slogan “Je suis Charlie”.Vespasian imposed a Urine Tax ( vectigal urinae) on the distribution of urine from public urinals in Rome's Cloaca Maxima (great sewer) system. At the same time the prices for past issues of Charlie Hebdo have started to rise abruptly on e-bay. So now, on the same online shops that glorify war through the sale of berets, military medals, clothes and army paraphernalia, you can also buy gadgets bearing the inscription, “Je suis Charlie”. The Emperor Vespasian, a notorious tightwad, once introduced a tax on urine it was used for washing togas, and other chemical purposes. (mocz potrzebny by farbiarzom do produkcji farb do tkanin) gosc. ![]() Other sites have responded to messages of protest with justifications declaring: On one or two websites they even say they’ll donate 10% of the cost. Pecunia non olet odpowiedzia Cezar gdy jeden z jego doradców zwróci mu uwag, e wprowadzenie podatku od zbierania moczu jest 'niegodne'. Our only aim has never been to make profit from the sale of these t-shirts but rather to help raise awareness and to support the people of France.” “We have received negative comments from some French members of the public who believe that we are profiteering from this tragedy, something that has never been our intention. One is reminded of the well-known Latin phrase, Pecunia non olet: Money doesn’t smell. The saying has different meaning as “pecuniario” or “money” in Latin derives from “pecus/pecoris” meaning sheep/cattle, because animals in Roman times, and especially bred cattle represented wealth and could be bartered. Sheep, chickens and cattle in general, in times when money wasn’t in use, represented cash notes. What is less well-known is that to the Roman ear the phrase also sounded like “sheep don’t smell.” Given the context of globalisation and the observation of our times, marked by the untouchable and powerful law of “market dominance” that considers it legitimate to make profit from anything and anyone, continuing with the Latin pun, one could ask oneself, what kind of sheep could the Romans be alluding to, today? Luca Cellini has participated with the Humanist Party. Artiklen indeholder tekst fra: Karl Hårbøl, Jørgen Schack og Henning Spang-Hanssen (red), Dansk Fremmedordbog, 2. He was a volunteer with the Conscientious Objectors Association and an activist with Greenpeace. Pecunia non olet er et latinsk udtryk for penge lugter ikke. He participated in the Mir Sada International Peace March, a nonviolent peace convoy during the Bosnian conflict in Mostar and Sarajevo, to try to stop the conflict. He participated in the Social Forum and in the World March for Peace and Nonviolence. Thank you for helping CC BY-SA 4.0 Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses. You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. ![]() ![]() He founded the Valdarno Sustainability Committee with which he promotes the formation of the Valdarno Valdsieve coordination network to stop the construction of landfills and incinerators. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Pecunia non olet. ![]()
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