At Home in Roman Egypt: A Social Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9781108830928 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 350 str.

City University of Anna Lucille (Bernard M. Baruch College

Opis

This book draws together a wide range of evidence across disciplines to show how the ordinary people of Roman Egypt experienced and enacted change.

Recenzje

'… a brief insight into life as was most likely experienced by a large majority of the Romano-Egyptian population … the book is beautifully written and easily accessible to everyone.' Micaela Langellotti, Minerva

Spis treści

1. Homelife; 2. Settings and communities; 3. Conception, birth, and childhood; 4. Adulthood; 5. Making the home; 6. Caring for the body and constructing difference; 7. Religion, ritual, and magic; 8. Health, disability, and old age; 9. Death and the afterlife; 10. Homelife in Roman Egypt and beyond.