Elders (Presbuteroi) of the Farmers and of the Village in Roman Egypt
Elders (Presbuteroi) of the Farmers and of the Village in Roman Egypt
The Cases of Bacchias and Karanis
This chapter examines the nature and role of the elders of the public farmers (presbuteroi georgon) and the village elders (presbuteroi komes) at Bacchias and Karanis in the first two centuries of Roman rule (AD I-II), using the Greek papyri. Although geographically very close, lying by the same canal, these two villages were very different in historical and socio-economic terms, which makes a comparative investigation of their elders particularly interesting.
Keywords: Egyptian public farmers, Egyptian village elders, Bacchias, Karanis, Roman Fayum
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