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Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor John Bauschatz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on Greek and Roman social history, Greek papyrology, Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and crime in antiquity. He has been named a National Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America (2013–14) and has published in such journals as The Classical Bulletin, The Classical Journal, Syllecta Classica and Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. Klappentext This book investigates the law enforcement system of Ptolemaic Egypt (323-30 BC). Zusammenfassung This book details the activities of a broad array of police officers in Ptolemaic Egypt (323–30 BC). The Ptolemaic police investigated crimes; held trials; and arrested, questioned and sometimes even imprisoned wrongdoers. Such an autonomous police organization is unparalleled in the evidence from the rest of the Greco-Roman world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the place of police; 2. The officer corps - police administration and hierarchy: the Phylakitai; 3. The officer corps - police administration and hierarchy: civil and military police; 4. Agents of appeal: petitions and responses; 5. Busting and booking: arrest, investigation, detention, resolution; 6. The strong arm of the law: security and muscle; 7. Conclusion.

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