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175 Appendix 2 Catalog of Extant Entries from the Codex Hermogenianus ἀ e following catalog of extant entries from the CH is based on Paul Krüger’s 1877 edition of the CJ.1Also included are entries dating to ad 293–294 which are found not in the CJ, but in other smaller collections. ἀ e new palingenesia was prompted by an attempt to recreate Diocletian’s itinerary in ad 293–294, and so I have made emendations only to dates, locations, and names; I have not analyzed the texts themselves. I reconstituted the itinerary from entries whose locations coincided with a route confirmed by contemporary evidence and whose dates were consistent with a traveling speed of approximately twenty miles per day. A number of entries in Krüger’s edition required emendation because their dates or locations did not fit this itinerary. I have taken into account Krüger and Mommsen’s notes in the 1877 edition, many of which I have incorporated. I have also considered the changes suggested by Barnes and Honoré.2 Of an entry’s date, location, and recipient, the first is the element most likely to be incorrect. Dates comprise the following parts: a day, for example, iv non.; a month, Ian.; a year, AA for ad 293,CC for ad 294. Of these parts, the day is the most prone to error. For example, x, v, and most frequently i may be left out; v may be written for ii and v for x (and vice versa). k., id., and non. are less frequently confused. Several pairs of months are prone to confusion: Iun. and Ian., Iun. and Iul., and Mart. and Mai. Other months are less likely to be miswritten, unless a month has been erroneously copied from a previous entry. Finally, some entries from ad 293 (AA) have been dated to 294 (CC) and vice versa. As far as is possible, I have made emendations that preserve the chronological sequence within the titles. But it seems that sometimes an error in dating could have occurred before the entries were arranged into their CJ titles and the corrected entries will therefore fall out of sequence. On a few occasions Honoré has provided in his palingenesia termini ante quem for undated rescripts by looking at the dates of subsequent entries. But he has omitted termini post quem, which are sometimes available and can narrow down potential dates and therefore locations. Where possible, both termini have been used to give such entries approximate dates and locations.3 Dates are more likely to be incorrect than are locations. Occasionally a scribe has mistakenly applied the place name of one entry to its successor also, but there seems to 176 · Appendix 2 be no instance of two place names being confused. A few recipients’ names have also been incorrectly copied, for example, Rheso for Rhesae. ἀ e extent of Krüger’s efforts to determine petitioners’ correct names is highlighted by just a cursory glance at a 1475edition of the CJ: it has Maxio militia for Krüger’s Maximo mil. (1.18.1), Juliano for Iulianae (1.18.4),Marcello for Martiali (1.18.5)and Tauro et Pallioni for Tauro et Pollioni (1.18.6).It even names the recipients of CJ 2.28.2 as Severae et Dementianae instead of Severae et Clementianae (presumably copying an earlier error).4 What follows is a series of suggestions for how incorrect entries can be emended. Some entries contain dates or locations that are incorrect, but cannot be reconciled with other pieces of information. ἀ ese have been kept as they appeared in Krüger’s edition, but their problems are noted below. For others, only alterations that seem most reasonable have been included, but there may be others that turn out to be more suitable. I am aware that proposing changes to entries on the basis that their dates are incorrect raises the possibility that many other entries may also have the wrong date. ἀ erefore, the catalog that follows is an attempt only to suggest changes to entries that obviously contradict a reasonable itinerary. Locations given to unplaced entries on the basis of placed entries from the same day are marked in bold type. Locations given to unplaced entries on the basis of placed entries close in time are marked in italics. Entries with Western locations have been excluded from this catalog because they were not produced by Diocletian’s court.5 Entries described as undateable belong to the...

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