Title: The stick and the carrot: Notes on P. Col. VI 123, ll. 6?8
Author: Anna Plisecka
Publication year: 2025
Pages: 237–249
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Abstract: The article formulates a hypothesis that the penalties referred to in lines 6–8 of P. Col. VI 123 (Alexandria, 200 CE) are related to two edicts copied in P. Oxy. XLVII 3364 (Oxyrhynchos, 209 CE), ll. 1–9, in which Septimius Severus and Caracalla ordered the population to return to their homeland. In these edicts, penalties were imposed both on the fugitives and on their protectors, but additionally, as an incentive to follow the imperial order, a period of amnesty was announced. Similar amnesty is mentioned also in the Columbia papyrus.
Keywords: ἀπόκριμα, ἰδία, imperial edict, amnesty, petition.
