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Hmmmm, interesting ! especially the origin of the word "Salary". Kinda had me wondering why Roman soldiers were given money to buy salt in particular hhh
Good question, I think salt was one of precious commodities at that time so the government offered them this commodity to ensure their loyalty.
Other critics say it's a a sixth of the salt tax revenue we're taken aside for soldiers.
Look at the following quote:
Salarium, ii ...: proprie est annona salis, quae olim dabatur militibus.
‘salary’ ...: strictly, the annual salt revenue, which was once given to soldiers.
-- Totius Latinitatis lexicon (1st edition, 1771), vol. 4 p. 15, ‘Salarius’
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