| LETTER
OF OCTAVIAN ON JEWISH RIGHTS ( About 35 BC ) |
| ( Johnson, Coleman-Norton & Bourne, Ancient Roman Statutes, Austin, 1961, p. 112, n. 129 ). |
|
This
letter to Gaius Norbanus Flaccus, supposed to be proconsul of Asia ca.
35 B.C., though the second in Josephus' series of documents dealing
with the Jewish right to send money to Jerusalem, is perhaps the earliest
on chronological grounds. |
ENGLISH TRANSLATION. |
| Caesar
to Norbanus Flaccus, greetings. The Jews, how many so ever they are, who according to ancient usage have been wont to offer and to send sacred monies to Jerusalem shall do this without hindrance. |