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Document Details : Title: The Case for 8,000,000 Modii in Justinian's Edict 13.8 Author(s): MAYERSON, Philip Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists Volume: 44 Date: 2007 Pages: 167-174 DOI: 10.2143/BASP.44.0.3209379 Abstract : The number of 8,000,000 in Justinian’s Edict 13.8 has occasioned a considerable amount of discussion. Are these measures of wheat for the annona of Constantinople artabas or modii? The penalty clause in §§6 and 8 (κατὰ τριῶν ἀρταβῶν) has led some scholars to assume that the number of 8,000,000 must also refer to artabas. In this contribution, the focus is on Constantinople, the ultimate destination of the wheat, rather than on the penalties exacted in Egypt. Would Justinian have counted the City’s annona in artabas or modii? |
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