How many of us know that there is a papyrus with the handwriting of a Roman emperor on it?  I certainly did not, until I learned of it from a tweet by Richard Flower.  But so it is. The papyrus comes from Elephantine in Egypt, the island of Philae, opposite the modern town of Aswan, which is … Continue reading The only surviving handwriting of an emperor: Theodosius II and a petition from Aswan