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F RO M T HE P TOLE MI E S
TO THE ROM ANS
This book gives a structured account of Egypt’s transition from Ptole-
maic to Roman rule by identifying key relationships between ecology,
land tenure, taxation, administration, and politics. It introduces the-
oretical perspectives from the social sciences and subjects them to
empirical scrutiny using data from Greek and Demotic papyri as well
as comparative evidence. Although building on recent scholarship, it
offers some provocative arguments that challenge prevailing views. For
example, patterns of land ownership are linked to population density
and are seen as one aspect of continuity between the Ptolemaic and
Roman periods. Fiscal reform, by contrast, emerges as a significant
mechanism of change not only in the agrarian economy but also in the
administrative system and the whole social structure. Anyone seeking
to understand the impact of Roman rule in the Hellenistic east must
consider the well-attested processes in Egypt that this book seeks to
explain.
a n d r e w m o n s o n
is Assistant Professor in the Department of Clas-
sics, New York University. He has published or presented aspects of
his research in journals and conferences devoted to dialogue between
history and the social sciences; he is currently working on an edition
of a land survey from early Ptolemaic Egypt and a project comparing
fiscal regimes in the Hellenistic world.
FROM THE PTOLEMIES
TO THE ROMANS
Political and Economic Change in Egypt
A N D REW MON SO N
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Monson, Andrew,
1977–
From the Ptolemies to the Romans : political and economic
change in Egypt / Andrew Monson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn
978-1-107-01441-1
(hardback)
1.
Egypt – History – Greco-Roman period,
332
b.c.–640 a.d.
2.
Egypt – Politics and
government –
332–30
b.c.
3.
Egypt – Politics and government –
30
b.c.–640 a.d.
4.
Egypt – Economic conditions –
332
b.c.–640 a.d.
5.
Human geography –
Egypt – History.
6.
Social structure – Egypt – History.
7.
Land tenure –
Egypt – History. I. Title.
dt92.m657
2012
2011041127
932
.02 – dc23
isbn
978-1-107-01441-1
Hardback
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