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Aerarium
Sign in to savethumb|right|The Aerarium Saturni (top) and its ruins (bottom); drawing by Jan Goeree, before 1704 Aerarium, from aes ("bronze, money") + -ārium ("place for"), was the name given in Ancient Rome to the public treasury, and in a secondary sense to the public finances.
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- ''Aerarium populi Romani''
- ''Aerarium sanctius''
- ''Aerarium militare''
- ''Tribuni aerarii''
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thumb|right|The Aerarium Saturni (top) and its ruins (bottom); drawing by Jan Goeree, before 1704 Aerarium, from aes ("bronze, money") + -ārium ("place for"), was the name given in Ancient Rome to the public treasury, and in a secondary sense to the public finances.
== Aerarium populi Romani == thumb|right|Denarius minted by Gnaeus Nerius, who was urban quaestor in 49 BC. The obverse depicts Saturn, in whose temple the aerarium and the standards of the legions were kept. The reverse shows an aquila between two standards, inscribed H for [[Hastati and P for Principes, and the names of the consuls.]]
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