Anno 117: Pax Romana – DevBlog: Population, Floods and the power of knowledge

Summary

*[Type of text:* diary entry*]*
*[Dated:* November 5th, 117 AD*]*
*[Author:* unnamed Aegyptian potter*]*
*[Content:* fraction of a diary entry detailing not only the potter’s daily life but also his struggles with the increased pressure for Romanization*]*
*[…]  of mud, good quality from Nilopolis. I don’t regret the decision to import, the afternoon immediately showed it’s much nicer to work with than whatever they take from the floodplains here. Going by the past months, the cost is easily offset by how much I can now ask for  my products […] at least until they burn it down. But that’s not my problem, I only provide the lamps.*
*Ah, those scribes! Those Greek! May Sobek strike them down these [illegible]. As if the beer tax wasn’t enough, I heard from Ameny today they are planning to cancel the festival of Isis since THEY want to celebrate something of whatever god the Romans like more. The Isis festival! The processions! It’s unbelievable.*
*[missing and damaged pages]*
*[…] a complete eyesore! Moving further south becomes more and more attractive – I can watch them drown in their own decadence from there.*

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