This paper examines, using the greek papyri, the nature and role of the elders of public farmers (presbuteroi georgon) and the village elders (presbuteroi komes), at Bacchias and Karanis in the first two centuries of Roman rule. The only major study of These local officials, by Alfred Tomsin, goes back to 1952.

Elders (Presbuteroi) of the Farmers and of the Village in Roman Egypt. The Cases of Bacchias and Karanis

Silvia Strassi
2020

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This paper examines, using the greek papyri, the nature and role of the elders of public farmers (presbuteroi georgon) and the village elders (presbuteroi komes), at Bacchias and Karanis in the first two centuries of Roman rule. The only major study of These local officials, by Alfred Tomsin, goes back to 1952.
2020
Village Institutions in Egyptin in the Roman to Early Arab Periods
978-0-19-726677-9
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