Coins in Rome and America

Roman culture is still prevalent in today's society, as can be seen in American coins. In Roman culture, they portrayed people of political importance on their coins. People such as Marcus Aurelius, an emperor of Rome, were portrayed on Roman currency. Having people of political importance on the Roman currency was a reminder to the Roman people of who was in control and those who made their society what it is. In modern society, people such as Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson are shown on American Currency. As much of the economic and political American system is based on the Romans, it is no surprise that our currency is based on the same as the Romans. Considering the greatness of the Roman Empire, it is not surprising that America takes aspects of Roman government, like the coin, and applies them to current society.     

Sophie Kate Guillory