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a p p e a r in each c e n t u i y f r o m the I I I u n t i l t h e I Y A.D.. Princi-pally t h e expression έπί ξένης is significant n o t as m u c h in the Ptole-maic era w h e n its examples are b u t few and n o t p a r t i c u l a r l y im-p o r t a n t b u r chiefly in the R o m a n era. I t is w o r t h t a k i n g into con-sideration the usual forms and the antithesis of this expression in order to elucidate its meaning: one t i m e t h e antithesis is the ίδια, t h e other t i m e the antithesis is m a d e between ξένη a n d ϊδιος τόπος. T h e conclusion is t h a t ξένη means an alien place b u t not a foreign one, w h a t means a place situated in some n o t so f a r a di-stance, f r o m t h e native one where e v e r y b o d y was inscribed. The a u t h o r assembles in t h e chronological order a detailed list of cases where t h e individuals are said to be έπί ξένης.
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M. A m e l o t t i , La posizione degli atleti di fronte al diritto romano (.SDHI X X I [1955] 124—156).
T h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o write this article was given b y a Florentine p a p y r u s published as P S I X I V 1422. I n this t e x t an athletes applies t o t h e emperor to be a p p o i n t e d in t h e E g y p t i a n a d m i n i s t r a t i o n as κήρυξ. T h e a u t h o r s examines t h e legal position of t h e athletai m a k i n g to a large e x t e n t use of t h e p a p y r i (SB 4244; B G U 1074; 1073; Lond. 1178).
J . F . G i l l i a m , The Roman Military Feriale (repr. f r o m t h e Harv. Theol. Rev. X L V I I , No. 3, 1954).
This article deals with three t h i n g s : f i r s t it discusses t h e pur-pose of t h e military Feriale when it was established, as it p r o b a b l y was, b y A u g u s t u s ; secondly — he considers the distribution of the occasions in t h e Feriale and hence t o some e x t e n t their value as breaks in t h e soldier's r o u t i n e ; finally he examines three sections of t h e t e x t which deserve close s t u d y .
Η . I . B e l l , Graeco-Egyptian Religion (Museum Helveticum X , fasc. 3/4, [1953] 222—237).
I n this essay consecrated to the history of Graeco-Egyptian religion one will f i n d m a n y r e m a r k s on questions which can
