TY - BOOK ID - 77869326 TI - The journey of Theophanes PY - 2006 SN - 1281735019 9786611735012 0300135246 9780300135244 0300108982 9780300108989 9781281735010 PB - New Haven Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - HISTORY / Ancient / General. KW - Theophanes, KW - Travel KW - Middle East KW - Social conditions. KW - Theophanes, -- fl. 4th cent. -- Travel -- Middle East.. KW - Middle East -- Social conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77869326 AB - In the early fourth century, a lawyer and public figure from the Nile valley city of Hermopolis made a six-month business related journey to Antioch. The day to day details are preserved on papyrus documents and offer a remarkable record of this journey, covering everything from distances traveled to daily food purchases, from medicinal supplies to fees paid for services. In this book, the classicist and historian John Matthews translates these important documents and places them in the wider context of the social history of the Graeco-Roman world. The memoranda relating to Theophanes' journey are presented within a historical narrative that offers an array of revelations on diet, travel, social relations, and other fascinating topics. This book creates an unprecedented account of daily life in the years preceding Emperor Constantine's rise to power in the eastern provinces of the Roman empire. ER -