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Moneta
[ moh-ney-tuh; Italian maw-ne-tah ]
noun
- Er·ne·sto Te·o·do·ro [e, r, -, ne, -staw te-aw-, daw, -, r, aw], 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- (in Roman religion) an epithet of Juno.
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The word "money" is derived from the temple of Jupiter Moneta, where the Roman mint was established.
She had also a temple on the Arx, in which she was worshipped as Juno Moneta, or the warning goddess.
Then the wise men explained to the fighting men, that money was named after Juno Moneta, a goddess in Rome.
Licinius Macer states, that they were found both in the Ardean treaty and in the linen books at the temple of Moneta.
(Value is a relation between two persons) Galiani, Della Moneta, p. 220 in vol.
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