1900-year-old Roman papyrus details elaborate tax evasion scheme
1900-year-old Roman papyrus details elaborate tax evasion scheme
www.cbc.ca /radio/asithappens/papyrus-rome-tax-fraud-1.7510739
A 1900-year-old papyrus found in the Judean desert turns out to be a document written by a prosecutor detailing a complex tax evasion scheme of the two men on trial.
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Is it signed by Donaldus Trumpei ?
Talk about a cold case, eh?
TLDR: it showed that legal training was robust and even in the provinces a Roman lawyer was competent. The tax evasion involved the enslaved being freed? And you don’t fuck with Roman tax collectors.