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Expert pieces together puzzle from fragments of 1,600-year-old Roman text
A Roman law scholar at the University of Cincinnati has edited and translated a Latin legal text reconstructed from fragments that endure…
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A Roman law scholar at the University of Cincinnati has edited and translated a Latin legal text reconstructed from fragments that endured in Egyptian sands for over 1,600 years. The document, identified as a Roman tax law, was assembled from the surviving pieces and rendered into English. This work reveals details of ancient Roman taxation practices preserved in the desert.
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