A talent is an ancient unit of mass. The Babylonians and Sumerians had a system in which there were 60 shekels in a mina and 60 minas in a talent (in Ancient Greece one talent = 26 kg of silver). The Roman talent consisted of 100 libra (pounds) which were smaller in magnitude than the mina. Mass is a property of physical objects that, roughly speaking, measures the amount of matter they contain. ... Babylonia was an ancient state in Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... Sumer (or Shumer, Sumeria, Shinar, native ki-en-gir) formed the southern part of Mesopotamia from the time of settlement by the Sumerians until the time of Babylonia. ... Silver half-shekel struck in the Greek Colony of Taras, during the Punic occupation. ... Mina is a city in Saudi Arabia in which 251 hajji pilgrims were killed in a stampede on February 1, 2004. ... Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Libra (Latin for balance, symbol , Unicode ♎) is a constellation of the zodiac. ...

When used as a measure of money, it refers to a talent of gold. The gold talent is reported as weighing roughly the same as a person, and so perhaps 50 kg (112 lbs). Some authorities state, more precisely, that the talent typically weighed about 33 kg (75 lbs) varying from 20 to 40 kg. As of 2005 the international price of gold is about US$465 per troy ounce, i.e. about $15 per gram. At this price, a talent (33 kg) would be worth about $500,000. Similarly, at the 2005 price of about $7.60/troy ounce or 25 cents/gram, a 26 kg silver talent would be worth about $6,500. Thus when we read that King Auletes of Egypt paid Gaius Julius Caesar the sum of 6,000 talents of gold to grant him the status of a "Friend and Ally of the Roman People," the amount paid, in modern equivalency, was about US$3,000,000,000; a vast sum. However, these estimates, based on modern values, are only rough values. The estimates do not account for the less technical mining ability of the time, nor that there were still native deposits available. An example of Money. ... It has been suggested that Gold bar be merged into this article or section. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about general United States currency. ... Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals and gemstones. ... Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (New Dionysus, God Beloved of his Father, God Beloved of his Brother) (117 BC - 51 BC) was son of Ptolemy IX Soter II. His mother is unknown. ... Bust of Julius Caesar This article is about Julius Caesar the Roman dictator. ...

During the Peloponnesian war in Ancient Greece, a talent was the amount of silver needed to pay the crew of a trireme for one month. Hellenistic mercenaries were commonly paid one drachma for every day of service, which was a good salary in the post-Alexander (III) days. 6,000 drachma made a talent. Map of the Greek world at the start of the Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War began in 431 BC between the Athenian Empire (or The Delian League) and the Peloponnesian League which included Sparta and Corinth. ... Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ... A Greek trireme A Roman trireme Triremes were ancient war galleys with three rows of oars on each side. ... Alexander the Great fighting Persian king Darius (not in frame) (Pompeii mosaic, from a 3rd century BC original Greek painting, now lost). ...

The talent as a unit of coinage is mentioned in the New Testament in Jesus's parable of the talents, but it is not clear (or important) exactly what quantity of money is implied; all that matters to the story is that even one talent was a very large sum. // What is the New Testament? The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ... Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene (circa 4 BC/BCE – 30 AD/CE), is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from Greek Ιησούς Χριστός) with Christ being a title meaning Anointed One or Messiah. Christian viewpoints on Jesus (known as Christology) are... The Parable of the Talents (sometimes just The Parable of Talents) is a New Testament parable. ...