Roman Egypt
A History
Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-84490-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-84490-1 (ISBN)
Ideal new history for students and a general audience interested in the seven centuries when the Roman Empire ruled Egypt. An international group of authors provides chronological and thematic treatments of this often overlooked period of history, supported by a wealth of illustrations and quotations from primary sources.
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 6 Maps; 70 Halftones, color; 4 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 175 x 250 mm |
| Gewicht | 950 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-84490-1 / 1108844901 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-84490-1 / 9781108844901 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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