550 JOURNAL OF JURISTIC PAPYROLOGY
proceedings before the prefect Mettius R u f u s . I n (v. 17) a διάταγμα of Tiberius Julius Alexander is m e n t i o n e d ; (v. 18) refers to a sen-tence based on praescriptio longi temporis (cf. m y Law2 427). No. 227
(99 or 100 A.D.) is a record of proceedings in a case which came b y appeal before t h e p r e f e c t . T h e deposit of a sum of money as a su-r e t y against wilful appeals b y the apellant is pointed out (cf. Law2
522). No. 228 (251—250 B.C.) is a l e t t e r addressed to Zenon.
PAPYRI FROM THE ROMAN PERIOD
H . A. M u s u r i l l o , S. J . , The Acts of the Pagan Martyrs. Acta Ale-xandrinorum, (Oxford 1954).
Ulrich W i l c k e n was t h e f i r s t to make a comprehensive s t u d y of t h e Acta Alexandrinorum in his now f a m o u s monograph, Zum alexandrinischen Antisemitismus. B u t in view of t h e m a n y new f r a g m e n t s discovered since t h e n and t h e enormous literature t h a t
has grown u p a b o u t the „ A c t s of t h e P a g a n M a r t y r s " , i t was dee-med wise to a t t e m p t a complete critical edition of all the relevant f r a g m e n t s tog» t h c r with t h e reassessment of t h e entire problem.
This critical edition accomplished b y t h e a u t h o r , comprises all of the older t e x t s , thoroughly revised b y h i m and m a n y new frag-m e n t s These a r e : I P S I 1160: the Boule P a p y r u s ; I I P. Oxy 1089: T h e I n t e r v i e w w i t h Flaccus; I I I P . bibl. u n i v . Giss. 46: The "Ge-rousia A c t a " ; I V Acta Isidoři; У A) P . Oxy i n e d : Acta Diogenis (?);
У В) P . F o u a d 8; V I P. Rendel H a r r i s : Acta H e r m i a e ( ? ) ; V I I : Acta Maximi; V I I I P . O x y 1242: Acta Hermaisci; I X A Acta Pauli et Antonini; I X В B G U 341; I X С. P . R . Univ. Milano ( P r ü m ) ; X P . Oxy 2177: Acta A t h e n o d o r i ; X I Acta Appiani. I n addition dubious and u n i d e n t i f i e d f r a g m e n t s : X I I B G U 568; X I I I P . F a y u m 217; X I V P . Erlangen No. 16; X V P. Aberdeen 136; X V I P . Bouriant 7; X V I I P . Oslo 170; X V I I I Acta Heracliti; X I X P . Rylands 437; X X — X X I P. Rendel Harris ined. (a) a n d (b). T h e edition is pro-vided w i t h a n excellent c o m m e n t a r y . T h e j u r i s t will be interested in p . 108 t h e p r o b l e m of the Alexandrian gerousia a n d t h e supple-m e n t a r y n o t e ; p . 112, Bibl. U n i v . Giss. 46, I I I 25 t h e p e n a l t y ; p. 168 t h e council of J e w s in Oxy 1242; p . 202 t h e Imperial Chancery a n d the P r i v y Council (Oxy 2177). Generally interesting is Appen-d i x I I p . 236 ff. concerning the T r a Appen-d i t i o n of Martyrs Literature a n d P a g a n Martyrs and Christianity a n d App. V p . 267 concerning t h e Acta and the Cynics.
