Roger S. Bagnall

Egypt in Late Antiquity (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781400821167
• Artikelnr.: 61099284

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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