Ornella, Salati (2019) Accounting in the Roman Army. Some Remarks on PSI II 119r + ChLA IV 264. In: [non definito].

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Abstract

The recent publication of PSI II 119r requires a closer reconsideration of the whole roll. PSI II 119r and Ch.L.A. IV 264 were written by the same hand and feature two different sections of an account book that can be dated with accuracy: in Ch.L.A. IV 264 there is evidence for six units and, in l. 10, the cohors I Lusitanorum is mentioned. This cohort made its first appearance in Egypt in 105 CE at the latest,7 and this date can thus be assumed as a certain terminus post quem. Moreover, in PSI II 119r, fr. a l. 17, the abbreviation of the legio III Cyrenaica can be found. The movements of this legion have been quite widely discussed,but, according to a recent, commonly held, view,8 in 125 CE it was permanently transferred to Arabia. The present paper aims to analyse the evidence in order to describe the exact nature of the document and clarify its purpose. Given their different contents, PSI II 119r and Ch.L.A. IV 264 raise different questions and therefore they will be examined separately. Here attention will be paid only to the salient points. In the final part of the paper, considerations of the evidence as a whole will reassess the theory of the original setting of the roll and will support the alternative explanation of it as a specific military account book.

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