jun 22, 748 - Egypt Rebellion of 748

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With the East now reconquered, Leo IV formally reinstituted the free grain dole for citizens of the capital, and reintroduced the old system of taking grain from the Egyptians, while also setting firm price ceilings on them.
As for decades Egyptian farmers had been able to sell at fairer prices, this change emboiled a huge economic tensions in Egypt, not a month after the command release, the Egypt Diocese went into revolt in june 748.

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