Micaela Langellotti

Village Life in Roman Egypt

Tebtunis in the First Century Ad

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the first detailed study of Tebtunis, a village in Egypt within the Roman Empire, in the first century AD. It is founded on the archive material of the local notarial office, covering over two hundred documents which provide a unique insight into various aspects of village life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780198835318
• ISBN-10: 0198835310
• Artikelnr.: 58410964

Autorenporträt

Micaela Langellotti is Lecturer in Ancient History at Newcastle University. She works on the social and economic history of the Roman imperial period (AD I-IV), with a particular focus on Egypt and Greek papyrology.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: The Archive of Kronion
3: The People of Tebtunis
4: The Social Stratification of First-Century Tebtunis
5: Land, Landowners, and Tenants: The Agricultural Economy
6: The Non-Agricultural Economy
Conclusions