Prosopographia Palmyrena. Towards a social morphology of Palmyra

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Michael Sommer
• Subject Area: Ancient History
• Term: from 2020 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 450674799

• Final Report Year: 2024

Final Report Abstract

The project focused on the Syrian oasis city of Palmyra and its social morphology during the Roman Imperial period (1st–3rd centuries AD). The starting point was the question of whether Palmyra was a city of the Greek polis type or shaped by tribal structures. Methodologically, the project primarily relied on the prosopographical analysis of the corpus of Palmyrene inscriptions. The project started with creating a prosopographical database, followed by a thorough evaluation in the form of a monograph.