Egypt in late antiquity / Roger S. Bagnall

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagnall, Roger S. (1945- )

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 370 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill., map ;

Edition:

4th print. with corrections.

Place of Publication:

Princeton Princeton University Press 1996

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The Environment

2. The Cities

3. Country Villages

4. City and Country

5. People and Families

6. Power and Dependence

7. Languages, Literacy, and Ethnicity

8. This World and the Next

9. A Mediterranean Society

Appendix 1: Time

Appendix 2: Money and Measures

Appendix 3: The Nomes

Appendix 4: Glossary of Technical Terms

Notes:

"Fourth printing, with corrections, for the paperback edition, 1996"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781400818860

1400818869

9781400821167

1400821169

OCLC:

1245671048

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01087 hdl