TY - BOOK ID - 3490008 TI - Double names and elite strategy in Roman Egypt PY - 2015 VL - 54 SN - 9789042931251 9042931256 PB - Leuven : ©2015 Peeters, DB - UniCat KW - Egyptian language -- Names KW - Egyptian names KW - Egyptische namen KW - Namen [Egyptische ] KW - Names [Egyptian ] KW - Noms égyptiens KW - Names, Egyptian KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Elite (Sciences sociales) KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Egypt KW - Egypte KW - Civilization KW - Social life and customs KW - Civilisation KW - Moeurs et coutumes KW - Names, Greek KW - Names, Personal KW - Social status KW - Social conditions KW - Elite. KW - Doppelname. KW - Römerzeit. KW - Names, Greek. KW - Names, Personal. KW - Social conditions. KW - Social status. KW - To 1500. KW - Ägypten. KW - Egypt. KW - England. KW - Academic collection KW - Noms égyptiens KW - Names [Greek ] KW - Names [Personal ] KW - To 1500 KW - Social structure KW - Onomastics KW - Greco-Roman period, 332 BC-638 AD KW - 332 B.C.-638 A.D. KW - Names, Greek - Egypt KW - Names, Personal - Egypt KW - Social status - England - History - To 1500. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3490008 AB - The aim of this work is to investigate how in Roman Egypt, double names were used by the local elite to promote their social status. Polyonymy (i.e. the use of multiple names) is found in Egyptian texts as early as the Old Kingdom, and during the Ptolemaic period the practice is adopted in Greek environments as well. At this time, double names generally combined a Greek and an Egyptian name and reflected the complexity of ethnic identity in Ptolemaic society. It is in the Roman period, however, that numbers rise spectacularly--from roughly 1% at the beginning of Roman rule, to over 6%, peaking under the Severans. This upsurge of double names was triggered for a reason--a study of the phenomenon may paint a picture of the ideals and aspirations underlying this choice. ER -