Four Documents Concerning Military Supplies

Abstract

This article presents four unpublished or partially published papyri from the British Library, dating from the late third to the fourth century, which illuminate aspects of the Roman military supply system in Egypt. The documents include a receipt for hay and chaff delivered to soldiers, a declaration concerning large-scale delivery of tunics to military officials in Alexandria, and two accounts related to the vestis militaris tax, detailing payments and fractional assessments for military garments. The texts offer new insights into logistics, local administration, and the economic mechanisms behind the provisioning of the late Roman army.