Fragile hierarchies : the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt /
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Fragile Hierarchies deals with the world of the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt. It discusses economic, social and demographic aspects of the position of the elites of the small towns that dotted the Nile. The work combines analysis of Greek papyri with modelling techniques used in ancient history. The first part of the book analyses patterns of urbanisation, property relations and their consequences for elite formation. The second part discusses demographic aspects, patterns of inheritance and their consequences for continuity and discontinuity. The central argument of the book is that a strong social and economic hierarchy occurred side by side with a dynamic pattern of elite renewal.
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1 online resource (353 pages) : map. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-338) and index. :
9789047417590 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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.
Egyptian cultural identity in the architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC - AD 325) /
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'Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC-AD 325)' considers the relationship between architectural form and different layers of identity assertion in Roman Egypt.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910655 (PDF ebook) :
Egypt : from Alexander to the Copts : an archaeological and historical guide /
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319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index. :
0714119520
9780714119526
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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xxxiv, 380 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781108844901