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>Ideally, something is conserved under dry and oxygenfree conditions. As a result, a disproportionate amount of our knowledge of Roman bureaucracy comes from E
by Qwertious 3y ago
>Ideally, something is conserved under dry and oxygenfree conditions.
As a result, a disproportionate amount of our knowledge of Roman bureaucracy comes from Egypt, simply because papyrus preserves so well (even accidentally) in so much of the area. It makes research somewhat awkward, because we know Egypt received special treatment in some ways but it's so often a sample-size of one that we don't know if lots of things are an Egypt thing or a Roman-province thing.
- pests 3y agoMind detailing more about the special treatment they received? Sounds interesting
- kwoff 3y agoI'm guessing the "special treatment" was that they were nerfed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Egypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Egypt "Egypt was unique in that its garrison was commanded by the praefectus Aegypti, an official of the equestrian order, rather than, as in other provinces, a governor of the senatorial class." They didn't want another Cleopatra/Mark Antony situation.