Wie wurde ein antiker Staat verwaltet? Gesellschaft und Institutionen in den griechischen Papyri aus dem Ägypten der Ptolemäerzeit (ca. 332 bis 30 v.Chr.)

In the organizer's words:

Ancient papyri are a unique source of information on various facets of ancient life. As they were largely written as everyday texts with a practical purpose, they provide us with an unfiltered view of the lives of people in antiquity and the administrative organization of their communities.

During the Hellenistic period (ca. 332 - 30 BC), organizational structures from different cultural traditions came together in Egypt and coexisted for three centuries. How was an ancient state organized under these circumstances and how did its administration function?

The papyri paint a complex and multifaceted picture, which is being investigated in the research project "Corpus of Greek Papyrus Texts of Administrative Content from Ptolemaic Egypt" at the University of Cologne. Dr. Riccardo Vecchiato, a member of this project, will provide insights at Wissenschaft im Rathaus .

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