The macrostructure of the Roman pridiana

Gergő Gellérfi

doi:10.5817/GLB2025-1-3

The macrostructure of the Roman pridiana

Roč.30,č.1(2025)

Gergő Gellérfi

https://doi.org/10.5817/GLB2025-1-3

Trvalý odkaz (handle):
http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.82283

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Abstrakt

This paper examines the data structure of surviving Roman pridianum-type documents. These reports record the current status of a cohort and the changes since the previous report. Two pridiana and an interim report survive in a condition suitable for detailed analysis, and a further document, although fragmentary, also merits examination. Although no contemporary sources on data-recording practices in the Roman army have survived, the analysis of the extant documents reveals regularities that clearly indicate a deliberate organisation of statistical data.

Klíčová slova:
pridianum; Roman Imperial Age; military papyri; Roman army

Stránky:
31–40

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