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Inscription Fragments Reveal New Details of Roman Tax Scandal
['Jason Urbanus']
Archaeology Magazine
Archival photo of a copy of the inscription from the ancient Anatolian city of MylasaSTRATONICEA, TURKEY—La Brújula Verde reports that fragments from a fifth-century a.d. inscription have provided new details about a late Roman–era tax scandal.
Since the eighteenth century, archaeologists have known about sections of the legal document from copies that had once been displayed in ancient Anatolian cities.
Analysis of newly found pieces from the city of Stratonicea in the Roman province of Caria have helped fill in some of the missing pieces.
The order called for a special commissioner to be sent to the region to resolve the issue within a strict deadline of three months.
To read about a case of tax evasion in Roman Judea, go to "Law & Order," and read more about how taxes funded the rise of past empires in "Ancient Tax Time."