06-01-2006, 01:14 PM
The Vindolanda tablets suggest that at least the auxiliary officers were able to read and write.
I recently visited Bu Njem, where about 150 ostraca were found, written by scribes of III Augusta. They included a couple of messages apparently written ordinary legionaries. I now remember one about the arrival of several Garamantes (a native tribe) accompanying donkeys, Egyptian postmen (!) and a runaway slave.
I recently visited Bu Njem, where about 150 ostraca were found, written by scribes of III Augusta. They included a couple of messages apparently written ordinary legionaries. I now remember one about the arrival of several Garamantes (a native tribe) accompanying donkeys, Egyptian postmen (!) and a runaway slave.