The Beginnings of the Roman Provincial Census: A New Declaration from 3 BCE

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  • W. Graham Claytor University of Basel
  • Roger S. Bagnall Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Abstract

A papyrus from Theadelphia, now our earliest census declaration from Egypt, supports the view that the 7-year census cycle was first instituted in 11/0, two decades after the establishment of Roman rule.

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2015-06-28

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