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“Rich as Croesus”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Extract

Who was Croesus? How rich was he? And how did he acquire the treasure that has made his name live to this day as a measure of great wealth?

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Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1943

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