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This volume provides a detailed examination of nearly 1,400 years of Roman history, from the foundation of the city in the eighth century BC until the evacuation of Roman troops from Alexandria in AD 642 in the face of the Arab conquests.Drawing on a vast array of ancient texts written in Latin, Greek, Syriac, Armenian, and Arabic, and relying on a host of inscriptions, archaeological data, and the evidence from ancient art, architecture, and coinage, The Roman World from Romulus to Muhammad brings to the fore the men and women who chronicled the story of the city and its empire. Richly illustrated with 71 maps and 228 illustrations—including 20 in colour—and featuring a detailed glossary and suggestions for further reading, this volume examines a broad range of topics, including ancient climate change, literature, historiography, slavery, war and conquest, the development of Christianity, the Jewish revolts, and the role of powerful imperial women. The author also considers the development of Islam within a Roman historical context, examines the events that led to the formation of the post-Roman states in Western Europe, and contemplates aff airs on the imperial periphery in the Caucasus, Ethiopia, and the Arabian Peninsula.Emphasising the voices of antiquity throughout, The Roman World from Romulus to Muhammad is an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in the beguiling history of the world’s most famous empire.

Civilization. --- 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt --- Egypt. --- Rome (Empire). --- Rome --- Égypte --- History --- Civilisation. --- Histoire

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This volume contains editions of 35 texts, which have been excavated nearly 100 years ago in the ancient Egyptian village of Karanis, and which were still waiting publication. As all texts written on papyrus from the Egyptian countryside, these texts give a new insight into the life of the people who dwelled in a typical village of the Roman period in Egypt. The texts show the cultural diversity of those who cohabitated, whether they had Greek or Egyptian names, whether their main gods were the crocodiles or Zeus. In the lives of all of them tax-paying played an important role, as well as caring for their cattle and fields, doing business, and fullfilling the obligations of the Roman government. In particular interesting is the personage of Socrates the tax-collector. Since the ruins of Karanis are still standing (and worth a visit) with two nearly intact temples from the period of the texts, a more complete image of village life emerges from texts and the archaeology behind them. Papyrologists welcome every newly published text as a further stone of the mosaic image that they try to create of the past.

Civilization --- Greek influences. --- Egypt --- Karanis. --- Papyri. --- Roman Egypt. --- Village Life. --- Socrates. --- 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

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Using papyri and other sources documenting the Mendesian Nome, a district of the North-Eastern Nile Delta, this volume investigates the complex networks of relationships between Mendesian environments, socio-economic dynamics, and agro-fiscal policies in the Roman period.

Land use --- Agriculture --- Utilisation du sol --- History --- Economic aspects --- Histoire --- Aspect économique --- Egypt --- Egypte --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- Römerzeit. --- Landschaft. --- Wirtschaft. --- History. --- 332 B.C.-640 A.D. --- Egypt. --- Ägypten. --- Environmental conditions --- Aspect économique --- 332 B.C. - 640 A.D. --- Greco-Roman Period (Egypt)

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Agriculture --- History --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- Egypt --- Economic conditions --- Ptolemaic dynasty --- -Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- -Agriculture --- -History --- Agriculture - Egypt - History --- Egypt - Economic conditions - 332 B.C.-640 A.D.

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Comment parlaient les hommes de l'Antiquité ? Que se racontaient-ils chaque jour ? Les écrits ont généralement disparu et l'on ignore bien souvent tout de leur intimité. Il existe cependant une exception : les papyrus de l'Egypte, miraculeusement sauvegardés grâce à l'aridité du désert. Il s'agit des plus anciens témoignages authentiques qui nous sont parvenus. Découverts il y a plus d'un siècle, les voici réunis pour la première fois dans une anthologie en français. Comment n'être pas fasciné : c'est un héritage direct du temps des pharaons qu'ils nous transmettent ! Entièrement traduits et présentés par Régis Burnet, ces extraordinaires papyrus révèlent une vie surprenante. Loin du ton parfois pompeux des œuvres littéraires, ils nous montrent des hommes de chair et de sang dans leurs préoccupations concrètes et les mille et uns secrets de leur existence quotidienne. Ainsi, mieux qu'à travers tous les récits et les reconstitutions, souvent sujets à caution, le naturel de leurs voix étrangement proches et vibrantes, comme si elles s'adressaient à nous, témoigne en direct et sans emphase de l'intemporalité de l'esprit humain.

Manuscripts (Papyri) --- Papyrus (Manuscrits) --- Egypt --- Civilization --- History --- Cultura y civilización --- Historia --- Papiros egipcios. --- Ancient Egypt --- Papyri. --- Egypt - Civilization - 332 B.C.-638 A.D. - Sources --- Egypt - History - Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. - Sources