Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Romerska födelsebevis. Hur de första certifikaten uppstod ur den romerska folkbokföringen och skattskrivningen.

Gisbertz, Bjorn LU (2021) AKSK04 20202
Classical archaeology and ancient history
Abstract
This thesis examines the Roman birth certificates, their content and physical appearance. Twenty certificates still exist: 17 diptychs (AD 60-164) and 3 papyri documents (AD 194-240). Birth certificates were widely used in the Roman empire, but the remaining ones are from three regions in Egypt: Alexandria, Fayyum and the Roman border to Nubia. They were all discovered in the beginning of the 20th century. Sixteen of them are collected and described mainly by Kelsey, Sanders and Schultz between 1923 and 1943.

The Roman census was influenced by the Egyptian, Levante and Greek census. The first Roman census was held in 509 BC. After the Second Latin War (340-338 BC) and during the expansion of Rome it became important to define... (More)
This thesis examines the Roman birth certificates, their content and physical appearance. Twenty certificates still exist: 17 diptychs (AD 60-164) and 3 papyri documents (AD 194-240). Birth certificates were widely used in the Roman empire, but the remaining ones are from three regions in Egypt: Alexandria, Fayyum and the Roman border to Nubia. They were all discovered in the beginning of the 20th century. Sixteen of them are collected and described mainly by Kelsey, Sanders and Schultz between 1923 and 1943.

The Roman census was influenced by the Egyptian, Levante and Greek census. The first Roman census was held in 509 BC. After the Second Latin War (340-338 BC) and during the expansion of Rome it became important to define citizenship and rights.

The first provincial census took place in 27 BC. Laws regarding Roman provincial census were adopted in AD 3. This, in combination with the Augustan laws lex Aelia Sentia (AD 4) and lex Papia Poppaea (AD 9), created the first systematic birth registration of Roman citizens. The copies of the Archive notes became the first birth certificates, and they were valid in the entire Roman Empire. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Gisbertz, Bjorn LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Roman Birth Certificates. How the first certificates arose from the Roman census and tax records.
course
AKSK04 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Roman Census Birth Certificate lex Aelia Sentia lex Papia Poppaea Identity Rom Folkräkning Census Födelsebevis lex Aelia Sentia lex Papia Poppaea identitet
language
Swedish
id
9044836
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 12:27:46
date last changed
2021-07-06 12:27:46
@misc{9044836,
  abstract     = {{This thesis examines the Roman birth certificates, their content and physical appearance. Twenty certificates still exist: 17 diptychs (AD 60-164) and 3 papyri documents (AD 194-240). Birth certificates were widely used in the Roman empire, but the remaining ones are from three regions in Egypt: Alexandria, Fayyum and the Roman border to Nubia. They were all discovered in the beginning of the 20th century. Sixteen of them are collected and described mainly by Kelsey, Sanders and Schultz between 1923 and 1943.

The Roman census was influenced by the Egyptian, Levante and Greek census. The first Roman census was held in 509 BC. After the Second Latin War (340-338 BC) and during the expansion of Rome it became important to define citizenship and rights.

The first provincial census took place in 27 BC. Laws regarding Roman provincial census were adopted in AD 3. This, in combination with the Augustan laws lex Aelia Sentia (AD 4) and lex Papia Poppaea (AD 9), created the first systematic birth registration of Roman citizens. The copies of the Archive notes became the first birth certificates, and they were valid in the entire Roman Empire.}},
  author       = {{Gisbertz, Bjorn}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Romerska födelsebevis. Hur de första certifikaten uppstod ur den romerska folkbokföringen och skattskrivningen.}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}