City in Roman and Byzantine Egypt
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A01=Richard Alston
Alston 1999b
Author_Richard Alston
BC BC BC
Byzantine City
Byzantine Egypt
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=JBSD
Category=NHC
Category=NHHA
Category=NKD
Category=NL-HB
Category=NL-HD
Category=NL-JF
Category=NL-RP
century
Christianisation processes
COP=United Kingdom
Corn Dole
CPH
Discount=15
early
Early Arab Period
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
everyday life antiquity
expositio
Format=BC
Format_Paperback
fourth
Greco-Roman society
Greek Literary Culture
Held
Hermopolis Magna
HMM=234
Ho Ld
IMPN=Routledge
ISBN13=9780415642354
Kom El Dikke
Language_English
late
late antiquity studies
Late Roman Cities
PA=Available
Papyrological Material
PD=20130227
period
poll
POP=London
Pr Ic
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
Ptolemais Euergetis
PUB=Taylor & Francis Ltd
Rh Yn
Roman Egypt
SB Iv
SB XX
Si Te
Sibling Marriage
social stratification Egypt
Soknopaiou Nesos
Subject=Archaeology
Subject=History
Subject=Regional & Area Planning
Subject=Society & Culture : General
tax
temples
Territorial Nationalism
traditional
Traditional Temples
urban archaeology
urban transformation Roman Egypt
WG=703
WMM=156
Product details
- ISBN 9780415642354
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 700g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: London, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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For those wishing to study the Roman city in Egypt, the archaeological record is poorer than that of many other provinces. Yet the large number of surviving texts allows us to reconstruct the social lives of Egyptians to an extent undreamt of elsewhere. We are not, therefore, limited to a history of the public faces of cities, their inscriptions, and the writings of their elites, but can begin to understand what the transformations of the city meant for ordinary people, and to uncover the forces that shaped the everyday lives of city dwellers.
After Egypt became part of the Roman Empire in 30 BC, Classical and then Christian influences both made their mark on the urban environment. This book examines the impact of these new cultures at every level of Egyptian society.
The result is a new and fascinating insight into the creation of a specific urban society in the Roman Empire, as well as a case study for the model of urban development in antiquity.
