Alexandrian riots under Trajan: papyrology and history

This paper takes a fresh look at the papyrological evidence on the Graeco-Jewish riots in Alexandria before the Jewish Diaspora Revolt of 116/117. It proposes a new dating under Trajan for the Acta Pauli et Antonini, suggesting that the defendant Antoninus was the Alexandrian ἀρχιδικαστής. Besides, it proposes an identification of the Claudius Atilianus in P.Oxy. XLII 3023 as a Roman official, and possibly a friend of Trajan's, who was tried in Antioch for anti-Jewish violence; his trial and execution, possibly in early 116, may have been connected with the Jewish festival called Yom Tyrianus

Capponi, L. (n.d.). E. SCHAUB, GESCHICHTE DES RÖMISCHEN ÄGYPTEN. VON DER EROBERUNG UNTER OCTAVIAN/AUGUSTUS BIS ZU DIOCLETIAN. Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, 2017. Pp. 244. isbn9783867570145. €29.80. Journal of Roman Studies, 109. doi:10.1017/S0075435819000224

recensione di monografia sull'Egitto roman

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Studio sulle cause della rivolta della Diaspora ebraica sotto Traiano

Timagenes of Alexandria, Greek rhetor and historian

Biografia di Timagene di Alessandria, storico greco di età augustea

Hecataeus of Abdera and a New Conjecture in Josephus, Contra Apionem 1.189

Critica testuale e analisi storia di un passo del Contro Apione di Flavio Giuseppe, tratto dallo storico Ecateo di Abdera. Prima comunità giudaica nell'Egitto tolemaico

Germanico in Egitto tra storia e memoria.

studio storico sulle fonti storiografiche e documentarie sul viaggio di Germanico in Egitto

Trajan dans les Acta Alexandrinorum : un portrait contradictoire ?

Cet article a pour objet le double portrait de Trajan dans les Acta Alexandrinorum. Il vise d’abord à réévaluer l’importance de ce genre situé entre littérature et document comme source historique pour la reconstruction de la relation changeante entre Trajan et Alexandrie dans les années allant du triomphe sur la Dacie (107) jusqu’à la révolte de la diaspora juive (115-117). Ensuite, il tente de réorganiser les Acta de Trajan dans l’ordre chronologique, à la recherche d’une logique dans le traitement du princeps qui puisse refléter des développements significatifs dans sa politique. Les Acta Athenodori et les Acta Maximi, qui ne mentionnent pas les Juifs mais donnent un portrait négatif de Trajan, sont liés à ce qu’on appelle la « conspiration des pédagogues » de 107/108, et aux problèmes concernant le préfet d’Égypte Vibius Maximus. Les Acta Hermaisci, décrivant à la fois Trajan et Plotine comme favorables aux Juifs, doivent être antérieurs au départ de Trajan pour la campagne parthe en automne 113. Enfin, les Acta Pauli et Antonini, se référant à la violence entre Juifs et Grecs d’Alexandrie, doivent être liés aux émeutes qui ont eu lieu dans la ville en 115 et ont bientôt dégénéré en guerre ouverte.This paper looks at the twofold portrait of Trajan in the Acta Alexandrinorum. It first aims to reassess the importance of this genre between literature and documents as historical source for the reconstruction of the changing relationship between Trajan and Alexandria in the years from the triumph over Dacia (107) to the revolt of the Jewish Diaspora (115-117). Then, it tries to rearrange the Trajanic Acta in chronological order, in search of a logic in the treatment of the princeps that may reflect significant developments in his policies. The Acta Athenodori and Acta Maximi, which do not mention the Jews, but portray Trajan negatively, are linked to the so-called “conspiracy of the pedagogues” of 107/108, and with problems involving the praefectus Aegypti Vibius Maximus. The Acta Hermaisci, depicting both Trajan and Plotina as favourable to the Jews, must be earlier than the departure of Trajan for the Parthian campaign in autumn 113. Finally, the Acta Pauli et Antonini, referring to the violence between Jews and Alexandrian Greeks, must refer to the riots that took place in the city in 115, and soon escalated into open war