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Greek cities in different times and places, whether democratic or oligarchic, whether subordinated to Hellenistic kings or autonomous and free, whether members of leagues or their capital cities, kept records. These might have included... more
The Ptolemaic military camp of Pathyris (modern Gebelein) in Upper Egypt has generated a rich body of documentary sources preserved on papyri, ostraca and wooden tablets, which reveal detailed information about the lives and affairs of... more
This study tackles pertinent questions about daily life and socio-economic interactions in the late Ptolemaic town of Pathyris (186-88 BCE) through an empirically grounded network analysis of 428 Greek and Demotic documents associated... more
"The so-called Tabularium in Rome is a building which provides a vast body of evidence which is in opposition to the limited reference to buildings described as tabularia in literary sources. The following research is a survey based on... more
The Ptolemaic military camp of Pathyris, established around 165 BC, has generated a rich body of written sources that reveal detailed information about the inhabitants and their socio-economic activities and relationships. Because the... more
The poster, which was presented at ANEE's Annual Meeting 2021, introduces the author's ongoing postdoctoral research, initiated in the spring of 2021.
The poster presents the author's doctoral research. It was created in the fall of 2017, roughly a year into the project.
The Ptolemaic military camp of Pathyris (modern Gebelein) has generated an unusually rich body of written sources revealing detailed information about the inhabitants and their socio-economic affairs. On the basis of c. 425 Greek and... more
Una vexata quaestio degli studi ittitologici riguarda come considerare le concentrazioni documentarie di Ðattuša, antica capitale dell'impero ittita, odierna Boğazköy: sono da definirsi archivi o biblioteche?
For a long time, historians have considered archives and libraries to be relatively unimportant in the ancient Greek society, despite their admiration for the administrative organisation of Greek and Roman states and the cultural impact... more
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is still far from mainstream in historical fields, but its potential for studying the past is being increasingly acknowledged. A topic that is rarely accessible to the ancient historian, is the behaviour of... more
Ouvrage publié avec le concours du ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes (DGMDP) et du Centre national de la recherche scientifique (UMIFRE 6, USR 3135) BEYROUTH 2012 Révision de textes : Frédéric ALPI Mots-clefs : Syrie,... more
Peer-review. Articoli e note inviati per la pubblicazione alla rivista sono sottoposti -nella forma del doppio anonimato -a peer-review di due esperti, di cui uno almeno esterno al Comitato Scientifico o alla Direzione. Nel secondo... more
Sometime between 165 and 161 BCE, a subdivision of the larger military camp of Krokodilopolis was established at Pathyris, c. 30 km South of Thebes in Ancient Egypt. Following Upper Egyptian practice, the community mainly consisted of... more
In the case of Ancient Egypt, it is fortunate that documents written on perishable material such as papyri and wooden tablet occasionally survive. Among the sites having generated particularly significant amounts of written sources, is... more
A rich body of Greek and Demotic documentary sources allows for a detailed study of the small-scale community of Pathyris (modern Gebelein), located some 28 km South of Thebes (Egypt), in the 2nd and early 1st centuries BCE. For a network... more