Egypt in Late Antiquity / / Roger S. Bagnall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Bagnall, Roger S.,
• MitwirkendeR: Bagnall, Roger S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (388 p.) :; 11 halftones, 1 map

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- A Note on References and Abbreviations -- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index 1: General Index -- Index 2: Index of Texts Discussed