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1. Prefect Of Egypt

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   Civil and Judicial Authority
   The prefect was the supreme judicial authority in Egypt. While lower-level judicial matters were handled by regional strategi (a continuation of the Ptolemaic system), any appeal ultimately rested with the prefect, whose decisions were often rendered from the Serapeum complex in Alexandria before its later transformation. A unique aspect of Alexandrian jurisprudence under the prefects was the compulsory "Trial by Scroll," where li…