| Crassus’ landed estate was valued at | $8,333,330 |
| His house was valued at | 400,000 |
| Cæcilius Isidorus, after having lost much, left | 5,235,800 |
| Demetrius, a freedman of Pompey, was worth | 3,875,000 |
| Lentulus, the augur, no less than | 16,666,666 |
| Clodius, who was slain by Milo, paid for his house | 616,666 |
| He once swallowed a pearl worth | 40,000 |
| Apicius was worth more than | 4,583,350 |
| And after he had spent in his kitchen, and otherwise squandered, immense sums, to the amount of | 4,166,666 |
| He poisoned himself, leaving | 416,666 |
| The establishment belonging to M. Scarus, and burned at Tusculum, was valued at | 4,150,000 |
| Gifts and bribes may be considered signs of great riches: Cæsar presented Servilia, the mother of Brutus, with a pearl worth | 200,000 |
| Paulus, the consul, was bribed by Cæsar with the sum of | 292,000 |
| Curio contracted debts to the amount of | 2,500,000 |
| Milo contracted a debt of | 2,915,666 |
| Antony owed at the Ides of March, which he paid before the Calends of April | 1,666,666 |
| He had squandered altogether | 735,000,000 |
| Seneca had a fortune of | 17,500,000 |
| Tiberius left at his death, and Caligula spent in less than twelve months, | 118,120,000 |
| Caligula spent for one supper | 150,000 |
| Heliogabalus in the same manner | 100,000 |
| The suppers of Lucullus at the Apollo cost | 8,330 |
| Horace says that Pegellus, a singer, could in five days spend | 40,000 |
| Herrius’ fish-ponds sold for | 166,000 |
| Calvinus Labinus purchased many learned slaves, none of them at a price less than | 4,165 |
| Stage-players sold much higher. | |