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Aristius Optatus, a prefect of Egypt who is otherwise unknown, issued this edict on Phamenoth 20, to publicize and give effect to an edict previously issued by Diocletian in the name of the tetrarchs which introduced important changes in the tax system of Egypt.
Ἀρίστιος Ὀπτᾶτος ὁ διασημότατος ἔπαρχος Αἰγύπτου λέγει· γνόντες οἱ προνοητικώτατοι Αὐτοκράτορες ἡμῶν Διοκλητιανὸς καὶ Μαξιμιανὸς οἱ Σεβαστοὶ καὶ Κωνστάντιος καὶ Μαξιμιανὸς οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι Καίσαρες νε ὡς ἔτυχεν τὰς ἐπιβολὰς τῶν δη μοσίων εἰσφορῶν γίγνεσθαι ὥς τινας μὲν κουφίζεσθα…
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