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Egypt in late antiquity / Roger S. Bagnall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1996Edition: Fourth printing with correctionsDescription: xii, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691010960
  • 069101096X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 932.022 BAG 22
Contents:
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
Summary: Counter 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

Counter 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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