Taxes and Authority in the Late Antique Countryside : The Reach of the State and the Pagarchs of Byzantine Egypt (284-642 CE) /

How did the late Roman Empire operate in rural areas, where most of its subjects lived? The papyri from Egypt provide glimpses of state activity at the local level, how the countryside responded to it, and thus how "empire" looked on the ground. Since a major motivator for state activity a...

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Main Author:	Stern, Matthias (Author)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2025]
Series:	Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte , 55
Subjects:	Lokale Administration. Papyrus. Römisches Reich. Spätantike. Late Antiquity. Roman Empire. local administration. papyrus. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book