04-27-2013, 04:40 PM
I know this thread is about legionaries, but you might be interested to see a papyrus written by an auxiliary in the reign of Trajan, "To Marcus Rutilius Lupus, Prefect of Egypt, from Gaius Valerius Saturninus, recruit" (P. Thead. 31), apparently in his own hand.
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