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Originally Posted by Ped
500 dollars? Really?
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They probably haven't changed that fine in a hundred years.
There was a guy in ancient Rome who noticed that the fine for assaulting a citizen, which had once been a lot of money, was now pocket change because of inflation. He went around the Forum punching people, accompanied by a slave who gave them each a few coins to pay the fine. Apparently the Senate got off its duff and updated the fine to something meaningful.