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Imperialism and Social Engineering: Augustan Social Legislation in the Gnomon of the Idios Logos

2022; De Gruyter; Volume: 104; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1515/klio-2021-0057

2192-7669

Anna Dolganov,

Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History

Summary This article examines the aims and impact of Augustan social legislation from the perspective of documentary evidence from Roman Egypt. The extensive presence of the laws in an epitome of an Augustan rulebook for a fiscal procurator in Egypt (the so-called Gnomon of the Idios Logos , BGU V 1210, P. Oxy. XLII 3014), where their application extends to citizens of Greek cities, speaks for the Augustan marriage and manumission laws being part of a broader vision of social order in the Roman empire.