Republics between hegemony and empire: How ancient city-states built empires and the USA doesn’t (anymore)
This paper discusses the concepts ‘empire’ and ‘hegemony’, provides a new model of the institutional structure of ancient ‘citizen-city-state empires’, and argues that the contemporary USA cannot be defined as an ‘empire’.
A Brief History of Property Tax
You 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
The 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
Was 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
Most 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)
In 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
The 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
The 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
What 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
The reign of Augustus represents the most pivotal period of all Roman history.