THE SUBSTITUTION OF HEIRS IN WILLS FROM ROMAN EGYPT

the aim of this paper is to demonstrate a legal phenomenon of the substitution of heirs present in testaments composed for non-romans in roman egypt. the paper also seeks to analyse the possible influence of the local substitution of heirs on the one in roman wills. Before discussing the phenomenon of the substitution of heirs in the law of papyri1, the cretio clause preserved in roman wills mostly from egypt needs to be examined. according to gaius, the proper cretio clause should be composed as follows.