This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, Roger Bagnall draws his evidence mainly from documentary and archaeological sources, including the papyri that have been published over the last thirty years.
This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, Roger Bagnall draws his evidence mainly from documentary and archaeological sources, including the papyri that have been published over the last thirty years.
Roger S. Bagnall is Professor of Classics and History at Columbia University. His many books include The Administration of the Ptolemaic Possessions Outside Egypt and Consuls of the Later Roman Empire.
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List of Illustrations Preface A Note on References and Abbreviations Introduction 3 1 The Environment 15 2 The Cities 45 3 Country Villages 110 4 City and Country 148 5 People and Families 181 6 Power and Dependence 208 7 Languages, Literacy, and Ethnicity 230 8 This World and the Next 261 9 A Mediterranean Society 310 Appendix 1: Time 327 Appendix 2: Money and Measures 330 Appendix 3: The Nomes 333 Appendix 4: Glossary of Technical Terms 336 Bibliography 339 Index 1: General Index 361 Index 2: Index of Texts Discussed 369
List of Illustrations Preface A Note on References and Abbreviations Introduction 3 1 The Environment 15 2 The Cities 45 3 Country Villages 110 4 City and Country 148 5 People and Families 181 6 Power and Dependence 208 7 Languages, Literacy, and Ethnicity 230 8 This World and the Next 261 9 A Mediterranean Society 310 Appendix 1: Time 327 Appendix 2: Money and Measures 330 Appendix 3: The Nomes 333 Appendix 4: Glossary of Technical Terms 336 Bibliography 339 Index 1: General Index 361 Index 2: Index of Texts Discussed 369
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