The city in Roman and Byzantine Egypt / Richard Alston.

Main entry:

Alston, Richard, 1965-

Title & Author:

The city in Roman and Byzantine Egypt / Richard Alston.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Description:

xvi, 479 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-460) and index.
Map 1: The Delta -- Map 2: The Fayum and Middle Egypt -- Map 3: Upper Egypt -- Map 4: Southern Upper Egypt -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cities and space -- 3. Houses -- 4. Streets, districts and neighbourhoods -- 5. The city -- 6. The city, region and world.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The study of the city in Roman and Byzantine Egypt is illuminated by a large number of surviving texts. These allow us to reconstruct the social lives of Egyptians to an extent undreamt of for other provinces of the Empire. We are not, therefore, limited to a history of the public faces of cities, their inscriptions, and the writings of their elites, but can begin to understand what the transformations of the city meant for ordinary people, and to uncover the forces that shaped the everyday lives of city dwellers."
"After Egypt became part of the Roman Empire in 30 BC, Classical and then Christian influences both made their mark on the urban environment. This book examines the impact of these new cultures at every level of Egyptian society. Richard Alston uncovers the distinctive features of Classical and Byzantine urbanism, and exposes the radical differences between the modern and ancient experience of city life."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0415237017
9780415237017
9780203469262
0203469267

Subject:

Cities and towns, Ancient Egypt.
Cities and towns Rome.
Villes antiques Égypte.
Villes antiques Rome.
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
Stadt
Steden.
Romeinse keizertijd.
Byzantijnse tijd.
Ciities and towns, Ancient Rome.
Cities and towns, Ancient Rome.
Cities and towns, Ancient Byzantine Empire.
Egypt.
Rome (Empire)
Ägypten
Ägypten <Altertum>

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223397
Call No.: HT114 .A5 2002
Status: Available

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