Administration Archive
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A Brief History of Property Tax
Posted on April 20, 2013 | No CommentsYou can have a Lord, you can have a King, but the man to fear is the tax assessor. ~ Anonymous citizen of Lasgash -
The Administration of Egypt in the Old Kingdom The Highest Titles and their Holders
Posted on March 19, 2013 | No CommentsThe purpose of this book is to study a group of the highest civil administrative titles of the Old Kingdom from the standpoint of the memphite region. -
TWO LANDS, ONE RULER? The Tang-i Var Inscription and the issue of joint rule in the 25th Dynasty
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsWas Kushite kingship ideology based on a notion of joint rule? To what extent did the 25th Dynasty adopt kingship ideology from Egypt? Further, how did the Kushites govern Egypt and Kush and did one king rule over both lands? -
Some Observations on Nero and the City of Rome
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsMost Neronian interventions concerning the layout of the city have been made after the Great Fire of A.D. 64. Two of the few previous important interventions were the new arrangement of the via Recta and the construction of the pons Neronianus, giving access to the area with the new baths Nero built near those of Marcus Agrippa. -
Power and status. Administration, appointment policies, and social hierarchies in the Roman Empire (193-284 AD)
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsIn this study, I explore administration, appointment policies and social hierarchies in the period between AD 193 to 284, in order to define changing status and power relations between the highest ranking representatives of imperial power at the central level. -
Mud Sealings And Fourth Dynasty Administration At Giza
Posted on January 15, 2013 | No CommentsThe Pottery Mound sealings apparently give a rare, contemporary glimpse into the ramping up of the palace educational system during the reign of Menkaure, suggesting that the seeds of the bureacracy of the Fifth Dynasty may have been planted by Menkaure at the end of the Fourth Dynasty. -
The regional imperial cult in the Roman province of Dalmatia
Posted on January 1, 2013 | No CommentsThe province of Dalmatia was divided into three juridical districts (conventi iuridici): Scardona, Salona and Narona, of which the first was organized on the basis of the territorial principle and encompassed a higher number of municipalities (civitates) at once, while the Salona and Narona conventus communities were registered in accordance with narrower kinship communities, i.e. decuria. -
Taxation in the later Roman Empire
Posted on December 9, 2012 | No CommentsWhat were the bases of taxation? How was the collection organised? What were the most important imperial changes in the system of taxation in the later Roman Empire? -
The socio-economic impact of the Pax Romana and Augustus’ policy reforms on the Roman provinces
Posted on September 30, 2012 | No CommentsThe reign of Augustus represents the most pivotal period of all Roman history. -
SPECIALIZATION
Posted on February 12, 2012 | No CommentsThe interest of historians for the Roman civil service began in the late 19th century with the so- called prosopographical works. Initially, they presented only chronological lists of the provincial governors (legati Augusti pro praetore provinciae) or lists of the army commanders (legati legionis).
