I can't recognize the word "instead" in that sentence."Since travellers often did not obey the rules and instead exacted more than their fair share from the population, as becomes apparent in the edict from Galatia discussed above, this resulted in provincial subjects sending letters of complaint to the emperor."
Rather than obeying the rules, they often exacted more than their fair share from the population. Can you understand that OK?
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Rather than obeying the rules, they often exacted more than their fair share from the population.
Can you understand that OK?