Abstract: This chapter examines the role of money as a standard of value. It argues that monetization in the sense of using monetary measures was virtually universal in the early Roman Empire. This assertion verges on the obvious in view of recent compilations of Roman prices. It further argues that there was unified monetary integration across the whole Mediterranean in the early Roman Empire. This claim is made through an examination of wheat prices.

Keywords: Roman economy, monetization, wheat prices, monetary integration,