{"id":38704,"date":"2025-11-28T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archeo.uwr.edu.pl\/2025\/11\/28\/a-centurions-monkey-companion-animals-for-the-social-elite-in-an-egyptian-port-on-the-fringes-of-the-roman-empire-in-the\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:39:01","slug":"a-centurions-monkey-companion-animals-for-the-social-elite-in-an-egyptian-port-on-the-fringes-of-the-roman-empire-in-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archeo.uwr.edu.pl\/en\/2025\/11\/28\/a-centurions-monkey-companion-animals-for-the-social-elite-in-an-egyptian-port-on-the-fringes-of-the-roman-empire-in-the\/","title":{"rendered":"A centurion\u2019s monkey? 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Companion animals for the social elite in an Egyptian port on the fringes of the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd c. CE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-133d197\" data-block-id=\"133d197\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-133d197-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9225bc1\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9225bc1\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-9225bc1 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(5% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 2 \/ 3 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9225bc1-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9225bc1-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-04575d0\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"04575d0\"><style>@media screen and (min-width: 768px){.stk-04575d0 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(90% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 2 \/ 3 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-04575d0-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-04575d0-inner-blocks\">\n<p>We are pleased to announce the publication of an article co-authored by Prof. Marta Osypi\u0144ska in the prestigious <em>Journal of Roman Archaeology<\/em>, entitled: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/journal-of-roman-archaeology\/article\/abs\/centurions-monkey-companion-animals-for-the-social-elite-in-an-egyptian-port-on-the-fringes-of-the-roman-empire-in-the-1st-and-2nd-c-ce\/BC4AE30501792AF350762ADD326AE5B6\">Centurion\u2019s monkey? Companion animals for the social elite in an Egyptian port on the fringes of the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd c. CE<\/a><\/em>. The paper discusses a fascinating discovery from the port of Berenike\u2014the remains of an animal interpreted as a companion of a member of the social elite, shedding new light on everyday life and status-related aspects of the Egyptian port during the period of the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research demonstrates that the presence of \u2018companions\u2019 such as monkeys may have constituted an element of the display of prestige and local cultural identity, while at the same time serving as evidence of extensive trade contacts and the mobility of people and animals within the Empire. 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