Video - Ancient Tweets: How Emperors Used Coins as Propaganda

Hey learners, Now a days if you want to advertise anything what is the medium through you communicate? Television? posters? Radio? etc. if you ever thought about in a world without Tv, radios, or posters, how did ancient rulers broadcast their achievements? the answer lies in your palms It was mostly done through coins. Back in the days, everyone carried coins. Emperors would mint special coins after the war to showcase their power and achievements. These coins were like ancient tweets, broadcasting their greatness far and wide. during that time, there were no television, radio or posters. so they used to do it through coins only. Emperors used to mint coins which depicts we have captured this empire or we have achieved this or our army is now so big, so this was also a part of propaganda, some times they highlights architectural marvels emphasizing prosperity.