Alliteration (Latin) Caesar. It has been noted that in these phrases that if one of two alliterated words has an "a" in it, it is usually placed second: Ferro Flammaque" "by sword and flame", Longe Lateque" "far and wide", Colles Campique" "hills and plains", Multi et Magni" "many and great". When the words are of unequal length, the shorter one usually precedes: Fama Fortuna" "fame and fortune", Aurum Argentum" "gold and silver", "Cura Custodiaque" "care and custody", and so on. As both and Cordier noted, the Latin language naturally lends itself to such phrases, making them part of everyday speech. Some apparent
Commodity money Commodity money is to be distinguished from representative money which is a certificate or token which can be exchanged for the underlying commodity, but only as the trade is good for that source and the product. A key feature of commodity money is that the value is directly perceived by the users of this money, who recognize the utility or beauty of the tokens as they would recognize the goods themselves. That is, the effect of holding a token for a barrel of oil must be the same economically as actually having the barrel at hand. This thinking guides the