02022cam a2200325 i 4500 4870693 EG-ScBUE 20240312105444.0 921124r19961993njuabf f b 001 0 eng d 9780691010960 069101096X DLC eng rda DLC DLC EG-ScBUE f-ua--- 932.022 BAG 22 Bagnall, Roger S., author. Egypt in late antiquity / Roger S. Bagnall. Fourth printing with corrections. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1996. xii, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm rdacontent text txt unmediated rdamedia n volume nc rdacarrier 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. Egypt Civilization 332 B.C.-638 A.D. BUEsh ENGGEN May2019 Reading book ddc BB 27495 27466 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2019-05-29 Purchase 890.00 32510 0 932.022 BAG 000047879 2026-02-10 00:00:00 1113.00 2019-05-29 BB