-=> Quoting Dan Ceppa to Michael Hardy <=-

MH> Think it over very carefully, Dan. The census would take weeks or
MH> months to complete.

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?

A census the Romans conducted in Gaul took forty YEARS to complete. It
takes a lot of time to get that many people together and record the
needed information, without benefit of modern technology.
DC> to dates and times?

MH> more likely that it refers to people who have left their place of
MH> birth, telling them to return there for registration. (It makes the

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
DC> conduct.  Yet, makes perfect sence to me.  So, Mikey, who was
DC> guarding the local treasury while all the guards were back in
DC> Roma?

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

... You can write a good country song if you have an ex to grind.

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