This was followed by his governorship of Roman Egypt, the largest province governed by an eques. It was the most important because Egypt provided a large share of the grain needed to feed Rome. Not only did the governor have command of the troops stationed there—during his tenure two legions were based in Egypt, Legio III Cyrenaica and Legio XXII Deiotariana—he also managed the financial and judicial affairs. Papyrus copies of his rulings have been recovered. One confirms the edict of an earlier prefect, Marcus Mettius Rufus, who ordered that copies of marriage contracts should be registered with all the documents about the husband's properties.Papyrus Oxyrhynchus ii.237, col. viii, lines 21 to 27 Another, dated 1 June 108, directs the strategos of Diopolitis to pay the salary owed to one Chairemon.Papyrus BGU 15.1 #2465 Two more record his opinion in inheritance cases: in one he affirmed, "As an Egyptian, he had the right to make his will on whatever terms he wished"; in the other he ruled that a will could be made on whatever terms the testator wishes, provided that "he left as heirs those children of his in whose name he made the 'general sales'."Papyrus Oxyrhynchus, xlii.3015
