What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: Egypt in Late AntiquityUser Review - Jonathan - GoodreadsA great overview of Egypt under the Romans in Late Antiquity. A good summary of the latest research (1993) and how to use papyri to tell history. A must read for anyone studying this period. Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesAbinnaeus activity Aegyptus agricultural Alexandria ancient Antinoopolis appears archive arouras Arsinoe Arsinoite artabas attested Bagnall BASp bibliography bishops boats certainly Christian chrysargyron church civic clergy complex Coptic councillor culture Demotic desert Diocletian documents doubt economic Egyptian elite evidence example Fayum fifth century fourth century grain Greek Herakleopolis Hermonthis Hermopolis imperial involved Isidoros Karanis land landholdings landowners late 3c late antiquity lease letter literacy liturgies loan Melitian mentioned ments metropolis military modern monasteries monastic monks Naldini Nile nome official Oxyrhynchos P.Cair.lsid P.Col P.Lips P.Lond P.Oxy P.Sakaon Pachomian pagan Panopolis papyri percent perhaps petition population praepositus priest probably production prytanis receipts references residents role Roman Egypt Roman period Sakaon SB XIV shows slaves society solidi strategos surviving temples texts Theadelphia third century tion urban village W.Chr wealthy wheat Wipszycka women writing References to this bookFrom other books
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