(December 28, 2017 at 12:27 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Oh, the Egypt canard.
A- You do understand that Egypt represented a special case in the entire Roman Imperial System, right? Having been personally conquered by Octavius the entire province was considered the personal estate of the emperor.
What has that to do with the method of taking a census?
Quote:Further, there is evidence of a Roman census taking there back as far as 33-34 AD and the speculation
Speculation noted.
Quote:is that the Romans inherited the Ptolemaic census system.
What's the evidence that the Ptolemaic census system required people to return to their homes?