In the Hellenistic period the archival behaviour of the Greek poleis experienced an important increase and development, out of need for negotiating relationships with the kings and keeping the related documents. This essay focuses on the diverse categories of records generated by the royal administration and on their locations in the city archives, along with the related internal files and throughout the resultant chains of documents. Royal letters and ordonnances are investigated along with the city records of royal taxation or fiscal exemption, the documentary consequences of ruler cult and euergetic subscriptions of kings and queens, the calendar correspondence and relationship with the royal bookkeeping. A final topic is the common need for the historical players to preserve the documents of a long-standing administrative relationship in the concerned area, as a legitimate precedent for the future rulers.
