With updated documents including papyri, inscriptions and ostraka, this text casts fresh and original light on the administration and economy issues faced with the transition of Egypt from an allied kingdom of Rome to a province of the Roman Empire.
With updated documents including papyri, inscriptions and ostraka, this text casts fresh and original light on the administration and economy issues f...
Egypt is by far the best-documented province of the Roman Empire. The dryness of its climate means that an enormous number of literary and documentary papyri have survived - a unique, reliable and lively source that documents Egypt in more detail than any other Roman province. Hitherto these have not been used extensively by Roman historians, on the erroneous assumption that Egypt is somehow 'atypical' as a Roman province. However, scholars now agree that Egypt should be devoted more attention by anyone interested in the history of the Roman Empire. This book offers a first approach to the...
Egypt is by far the best-documented province of the Roman Empire. The dryness of its climate means that an enormous number of literary and document...
