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Boek, Johannes Alexander (2008)

Taxation in the later Roman Empire

Research master thesis | History: Societies and Institutions (research) (MA)

In this MPhil-thesis the author examines the nature of the later Roman economy by focusing on a papyrological archive from the 4th century A.D. The late antique economy is a combination of a monetary economy and a barter economy, which is reflected in the papyrological material. The Roman empire had to adapt itself to rapidly changing circumstances from the 3rd century onwards, the fiscal system from the reign of Diocletian onwards is a perfect example of the way the Romans adapted their economy to the new circumstances. The main focus in this thesis is on an archive of ca. 50 papyri from Oxyrhynchus , Egypt, called the archive of Papnuthis and Dorotheus; two brothers levying taxes in the Oxyrhynchite nome.

late antiquity

taxation

economy

papyrology

historiograhy

Author

Boek, Johannes Alexander

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Ancient History

Supervisors

Ligt, L. de

ECTS Credits

40

Language

en