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Picturing the Roman Army in Third-Century Egypt. Roman Tombstones from the Military Necropolis at Nicopolis. KU Leuven

Katelijn Vandorpe
Ancient History, Leuven
Following the defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra in 30 B.C., a Roman fortress was established southwest of the newly founded town of Nikopolisnear Alexandria in Egypt. Its necropolis was located close to the fortress and produced more than 140 tombstones, most of them associated with legio II Traiana fortis</>. Only a small minority has been discovered in situ</>; the major part has been sold on the antiquities market in the late ...

Rethinking Roman Nutrition. Assessing the nutritional biochemistry and stable isotope chemistry of archaeobotanical cereals and pulses from Roman Egypt. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Paul Erdkamp
Chemistry, Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, History, Archeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics
Cereals and pulses have been important staples in human diets since the Neolithic Revolution. Despite recognition of their role as energy suppliers, the nutritional appraisal by archaeologists and historians of especially cereals has been far from positive. Cereals have been held responsible for the alleged poor nutritional status of the Romans. Leading in the formation of this view were the results of modern biochemical analyses of cereals, ...

Elite Strategy vs Popular Characterization: Double Names in Roman Egypt. KU Leuven

Mark Depauw
Ancient History, Leuven
On the basis of the interdisciplinary platform Trismegistos</> (www.trismegistos.org), the project 'Creating Identities in Graeco-Roman Egypt' studies evolutions of language use and onomastic habits in ancient Egypt, between 800 BC and AD 800. As a part of this project, my dissertation investigates the use of double names in Roman Egypt.
Trismegistos</> gathers information about all published textual source material from Egypt ...

Fighting crime and corruption? Police forces, army and society in Late Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. KU Leuven

Katelijn Vandorpe
Ancient History, Leuven

Following the final defeat of Marc Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BC, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. Some traditions remained unbroken, but fundamental changes were made to the criminal justice system – including the police. In spite of what historians have long assumed, Egypt had a police system, although nothing like modern police. The evidence shows a wide spectrum of officials carrying out police work. The Roman rulers not only ...

The Great Privatization? Industry, Trade and the State in Roman Egypt KU Leuven

Katelijn Vandorpe
Ancient History, Leuven

The transition from Hellenistic (305–30 BC) to Roman (30 BC–284 AD) rule in Egypt is often cast in terms of a ‘Great Privatization’ of the industry and trade sectors. For the first time, the proposed project will provide an in-depth study of these developments, challenging the narrative of a radical break between a state-controlled versus a market economy following the Roman conquest. It will furthermore redefine the terms of the debate, ...

The textile industry in Roman Egypt Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Paul Erdkamp
Roman Society Research Center, Ghent University, History
The textile industry was the largest economic sector in pre-industrial society (apart from food). Early-modern textile industry has accordingly received much attention from economic and social historians. Matters are different regarding Antiquity. Prevalent models in Ancient History caused the textile industry to be underestimated, but ancient historians have now begun to realize the importance of industries in a world of increased urbanization ...

Defining the Elite in Roman Egypt: The Place of the Metropolitan and Gymnasial Orders in the Roman Social Structure. KU Leuven

Mark Depauw
Ancient History, Leuven
Examination of the use of genealogical identifiers and designations of origin as status markers, with a view to creating a prosopography of the metropolitan and gymnasial orders of the metropoleis of Roman Egypt between ca. AD 1-300 with the help of the Trismegistos database. The prosopography will form the basis of a broad study of these orders, with regard to their origins, the ethnic identity of their members, their socio-economic background ...

Defining the elite in Roman Egypt: the metropolitan orders and the formation of local power structures. KU Leuven

Mark Depauw
Ancient History, Leuven

For centuries, ancient Egypt has fascinated scholars and laymen alike. The splendor of the pharaohs of old, with their colossal structures and enigmatic burial rituals, create an exotic atmosphere that appeals to many. Paradoxically, Egyptologists have largely ignored the abundance of sources surviving from later periods and thus the lives of the Egyptians under foreign rulers, such as the Roman emperors. Yet from the Egyptian sands emerged a ...

Food production and Processing in Graeco-Roman Egypt (323 BC – 284 AD) in papyrological and literary sources KU Leuven

Katelijn Vandorpe
Ancient History, Leuven

The PhD will be written within the framework of the Agros-project: “Agriculture, diet and nutrition in Greco-Roman Egypt. Reassessing ancient sustenance, food processing and (mal)nutrition” (Eos – excellence of science. 40007554), bringing together experts from the diverse fields of ancient history, archaeobotany, archaeozoology, papyrology, Egyptian archaeology, food biochemistry and microbiology, and stable isotope chemistry. The PhD will ...

One Foot in the Grave: The Organisation of the Mortuary Business in Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egypt KU Leuven

Mark Depauw
Ancient History, Leuven

For centuries, the dead of ancient Egypt have attracted scholarly interest and captured the public imagination. Each year, millions of people visit museums and travel to the land of the pharaohs to come face to face with the awe-inspiring mummies and marvel at the vast array of sarcophagi and other funerary goods left to us by the Egyptians. Very few people, however, seem to be aware of the thriving business behind these material remains. ...