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growing needs of t h e public distribution of grain, R o m e too must seek E g y p t i a n supplies to such a point t h a t , once a n n e x e d , t h e l a t t e r f u r n i s h e s her with n o less t h a n 150.000 tons a year, a t h i r d of her r e q u i r e m e n t s .

K . H . B e l o w , Der Arzt im römischen Recht (Münch. Beiträge z. Pap. 37 B d . 1953).

This s t u d y ought t o be interesting for the papyrologists since it deals also w i t h t h e p a p y r i (cf. p . 3549, 36) which b u t in

connec-tion w i t h t h e other sources appear in t h e proper light. N o t e w o r t h y are t h e a u t h o r ' s r e m a r k s a b o u t t h e institution of city-doctors which developed u n d e r t h e Hellenistic influence. P e r h a p s these physi-cians were sometimes also called αρχίατροι which at the beginning was the official title of physicians in o r d i n a r y t o t h e princeps in Asia Minor. I n addition it developed in t h e course of t i m e t o a ti-tle only. I n R o m a n law, where it refers also t o t h e physicians of t h e c o u r t s , it can be attested for t h e f i r s t t i m e in С 7,35, 2 (Dio-cletianus et Maximianus A. A. Aurelio archiatro a. 286).

V. G a z z a , Prescrizioni mediche nei papiri delVEgitto greco-romano (Aegyptus X X X V , fasc. 1 [1955] p . 86—110).

This article comprises a collection of medical prescriptions f r o m t h e I I I cent. B.C. u n t i l the late B y z a n t i n e period. T h e a u t h o r gi-ves " a n analysis of the recipes" which are valuable for the h i s t o r y of medicine.

J . S e y f a r t h , Φράτρα und φρατρία im nachklassischen Griechentum (.Aegyptus X X X V (1) [1955] 3—38).

The a u t h o r examines f i r s t P . H i b . 28 ( = W . Chr. 25 p . 41) a n d comes t o t h e conclusion t h a t t h e r e are no convincing p r o o f s so as t o a t t r i b u t e t h e ordinance comprised in t h e p a p y r u s t o P t o -lemaie a n d t h a t also Alexandria m a y be considered as the possible place of its origin. She supposes t h a t in this p a p y r u s t h e p h r a t r i e s could be imposed a worship t a s k . T h e n t h e a u t h o r examines P . Lond. 2710 (ed. b y R o b e r t s - S k e a t - N o c k , Harv. Theol. Rev. X X I X [1936] p . 39 ff.) a νόμος of a worship association f r o m t h e I cent. A.D. where the notion φράτρα appears f i r s t . According t o