The state organized the movement of tax grain from threshing floors to village granaries, and finally to river ports for shipment to Rome.
The administration requisitioned animals and wagons for transporting bulk commodities, such as massive stone columns from imperial quarries. Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Econo...
The Roman administration carefully managed provincial resources to meet its own logistical demands. Key state functions included: The state organized the movement of tax grain
Transport was vital for supplying the Roman army and maintaining remote outposts in the Eastern Desert. Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Econo...