Egypt in late antiquity /
Bagnall, Roger S.,
Egypt in late antiquity / Roger S. Bagnall. - Fourth printing with corrections. - xii, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.
9780691010960 069101096X
Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.
--Reading book
932.022 / BAG
Egypt in late antiquity / Roger S. Bagnall. - Fourth printing with corrections. - xii, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.
9780691010960 069101096X
Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.
--Reading book
932.022 / BAG