Giovanni R. Ruffini

Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity

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Produktbeschreibung

The most detailed glimpse to date of daily life in a small town at the end of the Roman Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781107105607
• ISBN-10: 1107105609
• Artikelnr.: 52529273

Autorenporträt

Giovanni R. Ruffini is a Professor in the Department of History at Fairfield University, Connecticut. He is the co-founder and editor of Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies and is the author of numerous articles and several books on Byzantine Egypt and medieval Nubia. These books include Social Networks in Byzantine Egypt (Cambridge, 2008) and Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Aphrodito in Egypt
2. A world of violence
3. A world of law
4. Dioskoros, caught in between
5. Working in the fields
6. Town crafts and trades
7. Looking to heaven
8. From cradle to grave
9. Aphrodito's women
10. Big men and strangers
11. Life in the big city
12. Conclusion.