The phylakitai were the main police force of Ptolemaic Egypt when the kingdom was ruled by the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty. While the history of institutional policing in Egypt dates to the Old Kingdom, it is unclear whether the phylakitai were a continuation of older Egyptian institutions or whether they were a new development of the Ptolemaic period.
The phylakitai were the main police force of Ptolemaic Egypt when the kingdom was ruled by the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty. While the history of institutional policing in Egypt dates to the Old Kingdom, it is unclear whether the phylakitai were a continuation of older Egyptian institutions or whether they were a new development of the Ptolemaic period.
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