TY - JOUR
T1 - The Will of Gaius Longinus Castor
AU - Keenan, James G
N1 - Keenan, JG. "The will of Gaius Longinus Castor" in Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 31, 1994.
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - The document under discussion has recently been called "one of the very few examples of pure Roman law found in Egypt." It is the will of Gaius Longinus Castor, resident of the Egyptian village of Karanis, veteran of the praetorian fleet of Misenum, who died in the year 194. The will itself provides a freeze frame, a still point in time in Longinus Castor's life; but it also allows for some imaginative extension in space and time. The results are a brief, outline biography of the testator with some speculation on his career and family, and on the special objectives he hoped to achieve for his family by means of his will.
AB - The document under discussion has recently been called "one of the very few examples of pure Roman law found in Egypt." It is the will of Gaius Longinus Castor, resident of the Egyptian village of Karanis, veteran of the praetorian fleet of Misenum, who died in the year 194. The will itself provides a freeze frame, a still point in time in Longinus Castor's life; but it also allows for some imaginative extension in space and time. The results are a brief, outline biography of the testator with some speculation on his career and family, and on the special objectives he hoped to achieve for his family by means of his will.
KW - papyrology
UR - https://ecommons.luc.edu/classicalstudies_facpubs/53
M3 - Article
VL - 31
JO - Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
JF - Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works
ER -