-> On 01-25-96  19:13, Michael Hardy got back to Dan Ceppa

DC> Why, Mikey?  Didn't they have the ability to hire enough census
DC> takers to go do a head count in just a single day?

MH> A census the Romans conducted in Gaul took forty YEARS to complete.

So, for forty years, everyone had to remain in their houses?  Must
have played havoc on the economy.

DC> So, all the Romans that were to take the census had to go back to
DC> their birthplaces during the census that they were supposed to

MH> The census was of the people living in the occupied province, Dan.
MH> Even you aren't that dense.

Then, it's not a full census.  All one had to do to avoid travelling
would have been to claim they were visiting from outside that
province.

... I have a collect call from Reality.  Will you accept...  <CLICK>
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12

--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12
* Origin: Ten Forward BBS, The Olympic Peninsula.  (1:350/401.0)
SEEN-BY: 13/13 100/525 102/735 890 103/2 104/821 105/103 330 107/411
SEEN-BY: 107/941 123/1 129/11 133/707 138/146 147/76 150/1 153/800 920
SEEN-BY: 157/586 167/92 1103 200/204 202/1207 203/15 206/2711 218/801
SEEN-BY: 218/809 907 234/100 300 235/203 245/6910 251/12 260/10 261/1137
SEEN-BY: 270/101 102 103 104 272/82 280/1 282/1 283/121 292/876 311/111
SEEN-BY: 320/119 340/20 345/12 348/105 355/2 362/37 369/110 372/200 379/10
SEEN-BY: 380/25 387/31 396/1 406/100 600/253 730/2 760/600 2002/2002
SEEN-BY: 2240/125 2430/1423 2433/225 2490/3001 2605/606 2613/5 2622/0
SEEN-BY: 2624/306 2806/1 3401/308 3412/1114 3550/500 3611/18 3612/240
SEEN-BY: 3615/7 50 3619/25 3637/1 3653/777 7107/9
PATH: 350/401 3615/50 396/1 270/101 218/801