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T h e i m p o r t a n t A l e x a n d r i a n c o m m u n i t y h a d a n o t a r y ' s office a n d a c o u r t . A m o n g t h e officials, t h e a r c h o n s (dpxovres) p l a y e d the principal p a r t i n all J e w i s h communities of the R o m a n E m p i r e . I n E g y p t i a n d o c u m e n t s t h e y are m e n t i o n e d o n l y o n c e : t h e a r c h o n s of t h e J e w s f r o m T h e b a i s i n t h e c o m m u n i t y of A r s i n o e ( N o . 432). A p a r t f r o m t h e m , irpoardrai a n d , p e r h a p s , a
4 1 7 ) , a n d t h i s p a r t i c u l a r case c a n n o t s e r v e a s t h e b a s i s for t h e f o r m u l a t i o n of a g e n e r a l rule r e g a r d i n g soldiers, since ' P e r s i a n s of t h e E p i g o n e ' , e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e of R o m a n p e r i o d , c a n n o t b e c o n s i d e r e d a s soldiers (see b e l o w , p . 5 1 , n o t e 10). T h e e x i s t e n c e of J e w s s e r v i n g i n v a r i o u s n a t i o n a l u n i t s e n a b l e s u s t o s o l v e a difficulty a r i s i n g f r o m J o s e p h u s , w h o s t a t e s t h r e e t i m e s t h a t t h e A l e x a n d r i a n J e w s were allowed t o style themselves ' M a c e d o n i a n s ' .
T h e s e c a u s e s w e r e : t h e ' p h i l o - S e m i t i s m ' of t h e k i n g , a n d t h e flow of a n e w s t r e a m of J e w i s h i m m i g r a n t s f r o m P a l e s t i n e . W e are t o l d b y J o s e p h u s (c. Ap. 2. 49) t h a t P h i l o m e t o r a n d K l e o p a t r a , his w i f e , ' e n t r u s t e d t h e w h o l e of t h e i r r e a l m t o J e w s ' , a n d e v e n p l a c e d t h e i r e n t i r e a r m y u n d e r t h e c o m m a n d of O n i a s a n d D o s i t h e o s .
