Pecunia non olet (`money does not stink`) is a Latin saying. The phrase is ascribed to the Roman emperor Vespasian (ruled 69-79 AD). {Citation style|date=September 2009} ==History== Vespasian imposed a Urine Tax (vectigal urinae) on the distribution of urine from public urinals in Rome`s Cloaca Maxima (great sewer) system. (The Roman lower clas......