MILITARY LAND ALLOTMENTS IN ANCIENT EGYPT
- Authors: Muhs B.1
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Affiliations:
- The University of Chicago
- Issue: Vol 85, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 120-132
- Section: Eighth Michael I. Rostovtzeff lecture
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/0321-0391/article/view/307835
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0321039125010081
- ID: 307835
Abstract
The ancient Egyptians had a long tradition of allotting land to soldiers. From the beginning of the sixteenth century BC at the latest, land in Egypt and possibly in Nubia as well was sometimes given to demobilized Egyptian and foreign soldiers as a reward for service and possibly as a means of support between military campaigns. From the seventh century BC onwards, some land in Egypt appears to have carried an explicit obligation for its holders for military service when called for duty. These traditions are distinct from the Athenian system of cleruchies in the sixth through fourth centuries BC, in which the service obligation was linked to citizenship. Consequently, both the Egyptian traditions and the Athenian system may have informed and influenced the Ptolemaic system of cleruchies in Egypt in the fourth through second centuries BC, as Michael Rostovtzeff suggested already in 1941.
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About the authors
B. Muhs
The University of Chicago
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Email: bpmuhs@uchicago.edu
Chicago (IL), the United States of America
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