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Roman Egypt
A History

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Roger S. Bagnall, Mona Haggag, Todd M. Hickey, Mohamed G. Elmaghrabi, Arietta Papaconstantinou, Dorothy J. Thompson
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  • Date Published: September 2021
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108949002

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  • Egypt played a crucial role in the Roman Empire for seven centuries. It was wealthy and occupied a strategic position between the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean worlds, while its uniquely fertile lands helped to feed the imperial capitals at Rome and then Constantinople. The cultural and religious landscape of Egypt today owes much to developments during the Roman period, including in particular the forms taken by Egyptian Christianity. Moreover, we have an abundance of sources for its history during this time, especially because of the recovery of vast numbers of written texts giving an almost uniquely detailed picture of its society, economy, government, and culture. This book, the work of six historians and archaeologists from Egypt, the US, and the UK, provides students and a general audience with a readable new history of the period and includes many illustrations of art, archaeological sites, and documents, and quotations from primary sources.

    • Provides an accessible account of an important period in Egypt's ancient history
    • Includes a wealth of visual illustration and excerpts from ancient texts
    • Draws on diverse expertise and viewpoints both from within and from outside Egypt
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    • Date Published: September 2021
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108949002
    • length: 412 pages
    • dimensions: 244 x 170 x 21 mm
    • weight: 0.81kg
    • contains: 4 b/w illus. 70 colour illus. 6 maps
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Laying the foundations for Roman Egypt
    2. The coming of Roman rule
    3. Development and crisis in a Roman province
    4. The making of Late Antique Egypt
    5. Divergence and division
    6. The Persians, the Arab conquest, and another transformation of Egypt.

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    Roger S. Bagnall, New York University
    ROGER S. BAGNALL is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and founding Leon Levy Director Emeritus at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. His publications include numerous books on the documents and social and economic history of Roman and Late Antique Egypt.

    Contributors

    Roger S. Bagnall, Mona Haggag, Todd M. Hickey, Mohamed G. Elmaghrabi, Arietta Papaconstantinou, Dorothy J. Thompson

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