Skip to content

Papyrus Stories

Everyday Stories from the Ancient Past

  • Home
  • Language
    • Akkadian / Sumerian Texts
    • Ancient Egyptian
    • Arabic Texts
    • Coptic Texts
    • Demotic Texts
    • Greek Texts
    • Hebrew Texts
    • Latin Texts
  • Topic
    • Animals
    • Children
    • Death
    • Education
    • Food & Drink
    • Labour
    • Law
    • Magic
    • Money
    • Politics
    • Relationships
    • Religion
    • Sickness & Health
    • Slavery
  • Objects
  • Stories
  • Random
  • Guest Writers

Tag: corruption

Police Brutality in Ptolemaic Egypt

Jun 5, 2020

On 14 September 194 BCE, the chief of police of the Polemon district and several other men raided the workshop of Petermouthis son of Peteësis. Forcibly removing him from his workshop, they dragged him through his village, Oxyrhyncha, physically abusing him and ultimately taking from him money and even the shirt off his back. After … More Police Brutality in Ptolemaic Egypt

2 Comments Police Brutality in Ptolemaic Egypt

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Enter your e-mail address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by e-mail.

Join 250 other followers

Follow Papyrus Stories on WordPress.com

Archives

  • Jan 2021
  • Nov 2020
  • Oct 2020
  • Sep 2020
  • Jul 2020
  • Jun 2020
  • May 2020
  • Apr 2020
  • Mar 2020
  • Feb 2020
  • Dec 2019
  • Nov 2019
  • Oct 2019
  • Sep 2019
  • Aug 2019
  • Jul 2019
  • Apr 2019
  • Mar 2019
  • Jan 2019
  • Dec 2018
  • Nov 2018
  • Oct 2018
  • Sep 2018
  • Aug 2018
  • Jul 2018
  • Jun 2018
  • May 2018
Blog at WordPress.com.