Zölle: Die Geschichte eines umstrittenen Instruments
US-Präsident Donald Trump will eine vergangene Ära der Zölle aufleben lassen. Aber: Was haben Zölle historisch bewirkt – und wem haben sie genützt?
Donald Trump will eine vergangene Ära der #Zölle aufleben lassen. Was Zölle historisch bewirkt haben, erklären ÖAW-Forscher:innen Anna Dolganov @oeai.bsky.social, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social und Katrin Keller @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social ⤵️
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/zoelle-...
07.05.2025 14:33 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
You know you’ve done important work in Roman history if Stephen Colbert cracks up about it on the Late Show 🙃
19.04.2025 21:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Opium, castoreum and patchouli: What an eye ointment reveals about ancient Rome
An ancient medical recipe illustrates the global trade networks and integrative dynamics of the Roman empire
Ever wonder what eye disease, opium and patchouli have to do with the Roman Empire? Read the next installment of the new papyrology blog, with a contribution by my colleague Fritz Mitthof 👏
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
25.02.2025 13:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Exciting advances in the "digital unrolling" of carbonized papyri, where the role of AI is intentionally limited to detecting ink traces. Their actual decipherment is reserved for human experts:
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07.02.2025 11:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Romans go home!
A sensational new papyrus from Israel documents fraud and sedition on the eve of a major Jewish revolt against Rome in the second century CE
An extraordinary new papyrus from the Judaean Desert illustrates a criminal trial in the Roman Near East. See my newspaper article on this exciting discovery here (in English and German versions): www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
31.01.2025 13:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Forgery and fiscal fraud
A new papyrus from Israel reveals a spectacular criminal case from the Roman empire
📜 New #papyrus from #Israel about a spectacular criminal case from the Roman empire: A. Dolganov @oeai_oeaw and scholars from @univienna @HebrewU reveals how Rome dealt with financial crimes – specifically, tax fraud involving slaves – in the Roman Near East.
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