Roman Egypt : a history
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"As Ruler of the Two Lands, Egypt's pharaoh wore the double pschent crown: the red crown of Lower Egypt, in the north, surrounding the white crown of Upper Egypt, in the south. Personified in the ruler, this union remained a central ideal throughout Egyptian history. The unity of Upper and Lower Egypt, also symbolized in the knot tied between papyrus and reed, was long seen as key to Egypt's success. (Fig. 1.1.1) In practice, however, the country was diverse in many ways, with an ongoing struggle between the central ideologies of unity and uniformity and the realities on the ground. Egypt was a self-consciously distinctive culture that also constantly received and absorbed immigrants from many countries into its society"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781108844901
Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Frontières de l'Empire Romain.
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The Roman military remains of Egypt are remarkable in their variety and state of preservation: forts, quarries whose materials were used in the monumental buildings of Rome, roads which brought the Mediterranean into contact with the Indian Ocean; each reader of this book will enjoy learning more about the remarkable Roman inheritance of Egypt.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789699463 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
L'egitto dei flavi : sintesi e prospettive d'indagine alla luce della documentazione papirologica ed epigrafica egiziana /
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Providing synthesis and new prospects of investigation, this text offers an overall review of the various information obtainable from papyrological and epigraphic sources from the Roman province of Egypt at the moment of transition from the Julio-Claudian dynasty to the new Flavian dynasty.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (184 pages). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696745 (ebook) :
Tradition and transformation : Egypt under Roman rule : proceedings of the international conference, Hildesheim, Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum, 3-6 July 2008 /
: xii, 508 pages : Illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004183353 : 1566-2055 ; : Nabil