Rule and revenue: Fiscality, Authority and Economic Power in the Hellenistic World
On 28 and 29 May 2026, the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology hosts a conference in collaboration with the Leverhulme Trust, the Institute of Classical Studies (ICS), and the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (SPHS).
Conference Programme
Day 1
Venue: The Walbank Lecture Theatre, 12–14 Abercromby Square
| Time | Details |
|---|---|
| 9.15-9.30am | Coffee and arrival |
| 9.30-9.45am | Introduction |
| Session 1 | |
| 9.45-10.20am | A review of isoteleia in Hellenistic cities: marker of legal status, source of income, and economic tool? Full Professor Christel Müller, Université Paris Nanterre |
| 10.20-10.55am | Burdensome timai: Cost management of honorific politics in Hellenistic cities Dr Stefano Caneva (online), University of Padova |
| 10.55-11.25am | Coffee and tea break |
| Session 2 | |
| 11.25am-12.00pm | Revenues, rulers and the ruled in the Cycladic islands Dr Elizabeth Foley, Sorbonne University |
| 12.00-12.35pm | What you pay is what you get!? Sales of priest(ess)hoods in Hellenistic poleis in Asia Minor Dr Julietta Steinhauer, UCL |
| 12.35-2.00pm | Lunch |
| Session 3 | |
| 2.00-2.35pm | Debt and hypothecation variations in smaller poleis in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE Dr Timothy McConnell, University of Leeds |
| 2.35-3.10pm | The Fleet, a failure, and finances: the Macedonian navy, Cleitus the White, and control of the royal treasury after Alexander’s death Dr Oliver Clarke, University of Oxford |
| 3.10-3.40pm | Coffee and tea break |
| Session 4 | |
| 3.40-4.15pm | Shifting the cost: royal garrisons as an Antigonid fiscal strategy Dr Katerina Panagopoulou (online), University of Crete |
| 4.15-4.50pm | Paying for rule: revenue, expenditure, and Antigonid authority in Greece Dr Emma Nicholson, University of Exeter |
| 4.50-5.00pm | Conclusions |
| 7.30pm | Conference dinner (location tbc) |
Day 2
Venue: The Walbank Lecture Theatre, 12–14 Abercromby Square
| Time | Details |
|---|---|
| 9.15-9.30am | Coffee and arrival |
| Session 5 | |
| 9.30-10.05am | The Role of Money in the Monarchy of Philip V Dr Monica D’Agostini, University of Bergamo |
| 10.05-10.40am | ‘Neutral’ coins, royal power? Proxy production and royal authority in Hellenistic coinage Finn Conway, University of Oxford |
| 10.40-11.15am | Lysimachus and his elusive kingship of Thrace; the significance of coined money and of inscribed words Dr Zosia Archibald, University of Liverpool |
| 11.15-11.30am | Coffee and tea break |
| Session 6 | |
| 11.30am-12.30pm | Keynote lecture Salt, Taxes, and Monopolies in Ptolemaic Egypt and Han China Full Professor Andrew Monson, University of Würzburg |
| 12.30-12.45pm | Conclusions |
| 12.45pm | Lunch |
Attending online and for further information
If you would like to attend online, please contact the organisers, Dr Beatrice Pestarino (Beatrice.pestarino@liverpool.ac.uk) and Dr Charlotte Van Regenmortel (cvr@liverpool.ac.uk).
