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p.oxy.43.3106
Letter of Severus Alexander via HGV-meta
Imperial pronouncement of Severus Alexander on governors and capital appeals. Fragment of an imperial pronouncement, identified as a letter or edict of the emperor Severus Alexander, forbidding procurators and provincial governors from some practice and stressing the emperor's concern for the freedom of his subjects. It then begins a provision about people condemned in capital cases who have appealed. The copy was found at Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 3rd century AD. machine translation
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TM 65841.
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- Letter of Severus Alexander HGV-meta OxyrhynchosIII
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Inscription #1
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Transcription
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[…]ἀπαγορεύω καὶ τοῖς
ἐπιτρόποις καὶ τοῖς ἡγουμένοις
τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ πεισθήσονται
ταύτῃ μου τῇ προρρήσει, […]
εἰδότες ὅτι τοσοῦτόν μοι μέλει τῆς τῶν ἀρχομένων ἐλευθερίας ὅσον καὶ τῆς εὐνοίας
αὐτῶν καὶ πειθοῦς. τοὺς μέντοι ἐκ κεφαλικῆς δίκης κολασθέντας εἶτα ἐφέντας, εἰ μὴ προσδε-
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[…] I forbid also [the procurators and the] governors [of the provinces], and they will obey this proclamation of mine, […] knowing that I care as much for the freedom of those who are governed as for their goodwill and obedience. Those, however, who have been punished as a result of a capital trial and then have appealed, if not […]
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 65841 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;43;3106 tier-1
- HGV-Text 65841 tier-1
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