Politics, Administration and Society in the Hellenistic and Roman World

Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Bertinoro 19-24 July 1997
These are the Proceedings of one of the colloquia organized by the International Research Group "Society and Administration in the Hellenisticand Roman World", patronized by the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research inBrussels and composed of ancient historians of the Universities of Leuven,Brussels, Antwerp, Bologna, Leiden, Trier, Köln, Göttingen, Thessaloniki,Cambridge and London (see also Studia Hellenistica 34, 1998, and 37, 2002).The contributions cover a wide range of topics and a vast geographicalarea: new papyrological evidence on the taxes imposed by Vespasian on theJews in the Empire and the collection of arrears by Domitian; newpapyrological evidence on the foundation and organization of poleis inPtolemaic Egypt; problems of taxation and other administrative questions inPtolemaic and Roman Egypt; the upper strata of officialdom in the Seleucidkingdom and the entourage of the Antigonids; the Epirote Confederacy; thecollapse of the monarchy in Syracuse; royal visits and regal displays inPtolemaic Egypt; Egyptian temples and the Ptolemaic army; the settlementsin the northern Sinai; the relationships between Greek subjects and Romanauthorities in Asia Minor and elsewhere; people of Greek origin in Italyand the western provinces; the payment of Augustan troops in Germania Inferior.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professors Edmond Van 't Dack(1923-1997) and Hubert Devijver (1936-1997).

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