Accounts and Accountability in Antiquity

It is a perhaps surprising fact that one of the most numerous types of document to have survived from Greek and Roman antiquity are accounts: account inscriptions from classical Athens and other cities, temple accounts from, among others, Delos, and accounts on papyrus from various places in Egypt. Accounts are also discussed by ancient authors in the context not of the economy, but of politics, indicating that there may have been a link between accounts and accountability.

Join Serafina Cuomo to explore accounts not just in the context of the economy but in the context of politics, considering case studies from different times and places across the Mediterranean to reflect on what accounts can tell us about political culture then - and now.

• The room is on the first floor of the Faculty of Classics.
• We provide step-free access via our lift. To use the lift please ask at the reception on the ground floor of the Faculty of Classics.
• This event is seated.
• There is space for wheelchair users (please book a wheelchair accessible ticket)
• An accessible toilet is available on the ground floor.
• Light levels will be appropriate for the use of PowerPoint.
• There is no hearing loop.
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Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art, MET 25.8, licenced under CC0 1.0

Who: Adults

£££: Free

Booking: Essential