03461nam 22005413 450 991100254250332120250117084504.09783111493183311149318010.1515/9783111493183(MiAaPQ)EBC31879454(Au-PeEL)EBL31879454(CKB)37211888900041(OCoLC)1485003805(DE-B1597)685533(DE-B1597)9783111493183(EXLCZ)993721188890004120250117d2025 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTaxes and Authority in the Late Antique Countryside The Reach of the State and the Pagarchs of Byzantine Egypt (284-642 CE)1st ed.Berlin/Boston :Walter de Gruyter GmbH,2025.©2025.1 online resource (412 pages)Archiv Für Papyrusforschung und Verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte Series ;v.559783111435923 311143592X Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Preliminary Notes and Aids for the Reader -- Introduction -- Chapter One. From Curials to Noblemen -- Chapter Two. The Mechanics of Extraction -- Chapter Three. The State, Estates, and Elite Participation in a Rural World -- Chapter Four. Becoming and Being Pagarch -- Chapter Five. Careers of a Service Aristocracy -- Chapter Six. Taxes and Social Conflict in Sixth‑Century Aphrodite -- Conclusion -- Catalog. Prosopographical Notes -- Sources and Bibliography -- IndexesHow did the late Roman Empire operate in rural areas, where most of its subjects lived? The papyri from Egypt provide glimpses of state activity at the local level, how the countryside responded to it, and thus how "empire" looked on the ground. Since a major motivator for state activity at the local level was tax collection, Taxes and Authority in the Late Antique Countryside homes in on the pagarchs: key fiscal actors at the intersection between provincial, city, and village institutions from the fourth through the seventh centuries CE. The book contextualizes the pagarchs’ dealings, backgrounds, and networks from the imperial sphere to the village level, exploring topics such as tax collection procedures in the villages, central accounting and staffing in the cities, the competition of local aristocrats over the countryside, official careers, and local agency versus imperial policy. The result is an analysis of the social mechanics of the fiscal regime in a region of the imperial periphery. Exploring the abundant and diverse papyrological source material, this book offers a uniquely detailed insight into the dynamic relationship between the Roman Empire and local communities in late antiquity.Archiv Für Papyrusforschung und Verwandte Gebiete - Beihefte SeriesLate Antiquity.Roman Empire.local administration.papyrus.930Stern Matthias1783330Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)fndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911002542503321Taxes and Authority in the Late Antique Countryside4310802UNINA