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The Text of the <i>Senatus Consultum De Agro Pergameno</i>
A new edition is given along with a textual commentary, based on squeezes and photographs. <!--EndFragment--
An Epitaph in the Museum at Alexandria
An early copy of th epitaph SEG VIII 375 shows that it came from near Qasr es-Sayad and adds some readings; the deceased was a freedman of a praefectus alae, perhaps a strator dealing with horses. <!--EndFragment--
Caesar and Mytilene
An inscribed letter to Mytilene from Julius Caesar probably dates from soon after the battle of Pharsalus in 48 B.C., when the city would have congratulated him on his victory. <!--EndFragment--