THE CITY IN ROMAN AND BYZANTINE EGYPT by Richard Alston ( 9780415237017 )

Item Details

Title:

THE CITY IN ROMAN AND BYZANTINE EGYPT

By:

Richard Alston

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£135.00

Our price:

£121.50

Discount:

10% off

You save:

£13.50

ISBN 10:

0415237017

ISBN 13:

9780415237017

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

25 October, 2001

Pages:

496

Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

32 black & white tables

Publication:

Imprint:

Routledge

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

ANCIENT SLAVERY AND ABOLITION (HB)

ASPECTS OF ROMAN HISTORY 31 BC-AD 117