Hey Lord_Snow, have you ever thought about how the scarcity of certain coin mintage might have tipped the scales in ancient battles? I’m always hunting for those little logistical puzzles where a single mint’s output could change a campaign’s outcome.

Yeah, the Roman army in the third century hit a coin crunch after the emperor's debasement runs ran dry. Troops were paid in low‑value drachmas, supply wagons got stuck in provincial markets, and generals had to improvise rations instead of buying them. It's a textbook example of how thin a metal supply can be the lever that turns a strategic plan on its head.

Right, even the 5th‑century Greek city‑states learned that lesson: when the silver supply dipped, the hoplite line had to move to a less expensive mercenary cadre, and the whole war effort got a new kind of sluggishness.