Andrew Monson
Biographic Data
| ID | 969627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Monson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Monson |
| SIGNATURE | MONSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0048-2586 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Taxing Wealth in the Just City
Cicero claims that states were created for the protection of property, so a statesman should try to avoid levying property taxes. A contrary principle holds that, as long as the state is common to all, those who benefit from it most should compensate those who benefit least to maintain distributive justice. With this frame of reference, the article asks two related questions. First, to what extent does Cicero differ from Dionysius of Halicarnassu…
Taxation and Tribute
This chapter reviews the evidence from the Greek world for tribute and taxation. It begins with some comparative considerations about tributary regimes and the impact of Achaemenid imperialism on the fiscal development of the Greek city-states, including the Delian League and the Hellenistic kingdoms. The transition from tribute to taxation is cast as a significant indicator of state formation. A fundamental theme in ancient Greek taxation is the…
Ägypten zwischen innerem Zwist und äußerem Druck
Ägypten zwischen innerem Zwist und äußerem Druck: Die Zeit Ptolemaios’ VI. bis VIII. Edited by Andrea Jördens and Joachim Friedrich Quack. Philippika, vol. 45. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011. Pp. ix + 338, illus. €58
The Jewish high priesthood for sale
During a period of turmoil in Jerusalem, c. ?175-145 BCE, Antiochus IV and his successors repeatedly sold the Jewish high priesthood rather than observing the customary hereditary succession. According to 2 Macc. 11:1-3, the Seleucid governor intended to institute an annual sale, so that the temple would generate revenue 'like the sacred enclosures of the other peoples'. In Egypt and Babylonia it was common since the sixth century BCE to farm out…
Hellenistic empires
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Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States
Inspired by the New Fiscal History, this book represents the first global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a rich variety of institutions, including experiments with sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary money, challenging the notion of a typical premodern stage of fiscal development. The studies also reveal patterns and correlations across widely dispersed societies that shed light on the basic …
Egyptian Fiscal History in a World of Warring States, 664–30 bce
From China to the Mediterranean, interstate competition transformed the political, economic, and social order in the mid-first millennium bce . The case of Egypt from the Saite reunification in 664 bce to the Roman conquest in 30 bce illustrates this phenomenon, which resembles the rise of fiscal-military states under the pressure of war in early modern Europe. The New Fiscal History that has sought to explain this rise in Europe tends to produce…
Les finances des citÃ(c)s grecques aux pÃ(c)riodes classique et hellÃ(c)nistique by Léopold Migeotte
186 PHOENIX significant differences between ancient and modern attitudes to immigrants and displaced people (not least in terms of race), Wandering Greeks admirably serves as an introduction to the ways in which a common human phenomenon was experienced in the world of ancient Greece. University of Alberta Frances Pownall Les finances des cit es grecques aux p eriodes classique et hell enistique. By L eopold Migeotte. Paris: Les Belles Lettre…
The economies of Hellenistic societies, third to first centuries BC
This volume presents the results of a conference in 2006, which is the third in a series of gatherings and publications organized by Archibald, Davies, and Gabrielsen.1 Like the two previous volume
Dorea (gift, gift estate)
The basic meaning of the Greek term dorea is a “gift.” Aristotle ( Top . 125a 18) defines dorea as “giving ( dosis ) without something given in return ( anapodotos ).”
Putting papyri into archaeological context
For more than a century, scholars have studied the ancient Egyptian texts written on rolls of papyrus that have been found in tombs, temples and cemeteries. But it is only recently that systematic attempts have been made, as at the site of Tebtunis in the Fayum oasis, to relate such texts to the archaeological contexts from which they came
Land Transport in Roman Egypt
Reviewed by: Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Economics and Administration in a Roman Province Andrew Monson Colin Adams. Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Economics and Administration in a Roman Province. Oxford Classical Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv, 331. $125.00. ISBN 0-19-920397-0. Adams’ book is a revised version of his Oxford Ph.D. dissertation. It is the first monograph devoted to the topic of…
Land Tenure and Taxation from Ptolemaic to Roman Egypt
During the transition from the Hellenistic period dominated by temples, the army and the royal court to the Roman period with its market-oriented economy there were changes mainly in the financial structure rather than in the lease system
Royal Land in Ptolemaic Egypt
Recent studies in Ptolemaic agrarian history have emphasized the regional differences between the Fayyum and the Nile Valley, where private land was more extensive. This article proposes a demographic model that regards communal rights on royal land in the Fayyum as an adaptation to risk and links privatization with population pressure. These correlations and their reflection in Demotic and Greek land survey data raise doubts about the common vie…
Priests of Soknebtunis and Sokonopis
The text edited here is a Demotic document from the Ptolemaic Period used for the administration of the temple of Soknebtunis in Tebtunis. It contains a list of the priests of Soknebtunis who were also serving as priests in the cult of Sokonopls. The document was probably given to the lesonis or ‘chief priest’ of Sokonopis who would be responsible for dividing temple revenue into offering-shares for the priests. The document provides the first ev…
The Ethics and Economics of Ptolemaic Religious Associations
This paper considers the economic status of the members in Ptolemaic religious associations and offers a model to explain why they participated. Drawing on Charles Tilly’s comparative study of trust networks, I suggest that religious associations institutionalized informal ethical norms into formal rules that lowered the costs of transacting and facilitated cooperation among villagers. The rules related to legal disputes illustrate how associatio…
The Ethics and Economics of Ptolemaic Religious Associations
Putting papyri into archaeological context
The Ethics and Economics of Ptolemaic Religious Associations
This paper considers the economic status of the members in Ptolemaic religious associations and offers a model to explain why they participated. Drawing on Charles Tilly’s comparative study of trust networks, I suggest that religious associations institutionalized informal ethical norms into formal rules that lowered the costs of transacting and facilitated cooperation among villagers. The rules related to legal disputes illustrate how associatio…
Taxing Wealth in the Just City
Cicero claims that states were created for the protection of property, so a statesman should try to avoid levying property taxes. A contrary principle holds that, as long as the state is common to all, those who benefit from it most should compensate those who benefit least to maintain distributive justice. With this frame of reference, the article asks two related questions. First, to what extent does Cicero differ from Dionysius of Halicarnassu…
The Jewish high priesthood for sale
During a period of turmoil in Jerusalem, c. ?175-145 BCE, Antiochus IV and his successors repeatedly sold the Jewish high priesthood rather than observing the customary hereditary succession. According to 2 Macc. 11:1-3, the Seleucid governor intended to institute an annual sale, so that the temple would generate revenue 'like the sacred enclosures of the other peoples'. In Egypt and Babylonia it was common since the sixth century BCE to farm out…
Putting papyri into archaeological context
The Ethics and Economics of Ptolemaic Religious Associations
Priests of Soknebtunis and Sokonopis
The text edited here is a Demotic document from the Ptolemaic Period used for the administration of the temple of Soknebtunis in Tebtunis. It contains a list of the priests of Soknebtunis who were also serving as priests in the cult of Sokonopls. The document was probably given to the lesonis or ‘chief priest’ of Sokonopis who would be responsible for dividing temple revenue into offering-shares for the priests. The document provides the first ev…
The Ethics and Economics of Ptolemaic Religious Associations
This paper considers the economic status of the members in Ptolemaic religious associations and offers a model to explain why they participated. Drawing on Charles Tilly’s comparative study of trust networks, I suggest that religious associations institutionalized informal ethical norms into formal rules that lowered the costs of transacting and facilitated cooperation among villagers. The rules related to legal disputes illustrate how associatio…
Royal Land in Ptolemaic Egypt
Recent studies in Ptolemaic agrarian history have emphasized the regional differences between the Fayyum and the Nile Valley, where private land was more extensive. This article proposes a demographic model that regards communal rights on royal land in the Fayyum as an adaptation to risk and links privatization with population pressure. These correlations and their reflection in Demotic and Greek land survey data raise doubts about the common vie…
Land Transport in Roman Egypt
Reviewed by: Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Economics and Administration in a Roman Province Andrew Monson Colin Adams. Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Economics and Administration in a Roman Province. Oxford Classical Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv, 331. $125.00. ISBN 0-19-920397-0. Adams’ book is a revised version of his Oxford Ph.D. dissertation. It is the first monograph devoted to the topic of…
Land Tenure and Taxation from Ptolemaic to Roman Egypt
During the transition from the Hellenistic period dominated by temples, the army and the royal court to the Roman period with its market-oriented economy there were changes mainly in the financial structure rather than in the lease system
Dorea (gift, gift estate)
The basic meaning of the Greek term dorea is a “gift.” Aristotle ( Top . 125a 18) defines dorea as “giving ( dosis ) without something given in return ( anapodotos ).”
Putting papyri into archaeological context
For more than a century, scholars have studied the ancient Egyptian texts written on rolls of papyrus that have been found in tombs, temples and cemeteries. But it is only recently that systematic attempts have been made, as at the site of Tebtunis in the Fayum oasis, to relate such texts to the archaeological contexts from which they came
The economies of Hellenistic societies, third to first centuries BC
This volume presents the results of a conference in 2006, which is the third in a series of gatherings and publications organized by Archibald, Davies, and Gabrielsen.1 Like the two previous volume
Hellenistic empires
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States
Inspired by the New Fiscal History, this book represents the first global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a rich variety of institutions, including experiments with sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduciary money, challenging the notion of a typical premodern stage of fiscal development. The studies also reveal patterns and correlations across widely dispersed societies that shed light on the basic …
Egyptian Fiscal History in a World of Warring States, 664–30 bce
From China to the Mediterranean, interstate competition transformed the political, economic, and social order in the mid-first millennium bce . The case of Egypt from the Saite reunification in 664 bce to the Roman conquest in 30 bce illustrates this phenomenon, which resembles the rise of fiscal-military states under the pressure of war in early modern Europe. The New Fiscal History that has sought to explain this rise in Europe tends to produce…
Les finances des citÃ(c)s grecques aux pÃ(c)riodes classique et hellÃ(c)nistique by Léopold Migeotte
186 PHOENIX significant differences between ancient and modern attitudes to immigrants and displaced people (not least in terms of race), Wandering Greeks admirably serves as an introduction to the ways in which a common human phenomenon was experienced in the world of ancient Greece. University of Alberta Frances Pownall Les finances des cit es grecques aux p eriodes classique et hell enistique. By L eopold Migeotte. Paris: Les Belles Lettre…
The Jewish high priesthood for sale
During a period of turmoil in Jerusalem, c. ?175-145 BCE, Antiochus IV and his successors repeatedly sold the Jewish high priesthood rather than observing the customary hereditary succession. According to 2 Macc. 11:1-3, the Seleucid governor intended to institute an annual sale, so that the temple would generate revenue 'like the sacred enclosures of the other peoples'. In Egypt and Babylonia it was common since the sixth century BCE to farm out…
Ägypten zwischen innerem Zwist und äußerem Druck
Ägypten zwischen innerem Zwist und äußerem Druck: Die Zeit Ptolemaios’ VI. bis VIII. Edited by Andrea Jördens and Joachim Friedrich Quack. Philippika, vol. 45. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011. Pp. ix + 338, illus. €58
Taxation and Tribute
This chapter reviews the evidence from the Greek world for tribute and taxation. It begins with some comparative considerations about tributary regimes and the impact of Achaemenid imperialism on the fiscal development of the Greek city-states, including the Delian League and the Hellenistic kingdoms. The transition from tribute to taxation is cast as a significant indicator of state formation. A fundamental theme in ancient Greek taxation is the…
Taxing Wealth in the Just City
Cicero claims that states were created for the protection of property, so a statesman should try to avoid levying property taxes. A contrary principle holds that, as long as the state is common to all, those who benefit from it most should compensate those who benefit least to maintain distributive justice. With this frame of reference, the article asks two related questions. First, to what extent does Cicero differ from Dionysius of Halicarnassu…
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