Archiphylakitai in Ptolemaic Egypt
A Hierarchy of Equals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9355362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Bauschatz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 181-211 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Syllecta classica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-3612 • E-ISSN: 2160-5157 |
| Publisher | University of Iowa Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/syl.2007.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2017816553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Since Pieter Kool’s dissertation on police in Greco-Roman Egypt, scholars have subscribed to the view that police administration was uniform across the kingdom and that police chiefs ( archiphylakitai ) in villages were connected to nome-level chiefs by a lengthy chain of command. This paper argues that neither was the case: that administrative structures varied from nome to nome, and that the hierarchy of archiphylakitai was flat. Chiefs answered to civil, financial, and other police officials, not to higher archiphylakitai . The “hierarchy” of police chiefs, unlike similar hierarchies in other spheres of government, was easily accessible, surprisingly flexible, and efficient
Administration (probate law · Government (linguistics · Hierarchy · Nome · Political science · Sociology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |