This book draws together a wide range of evidence across disciplines to show how the ordinary people of Roman Egypt experienced and enacted change.

"What was life like for ordinary people who lived in Roman Egypt? In this volume, Anna Lucille Boozer reconstructs and examines the everyday lives of non-elite

Egypt played a crucial role in the Roman Empire for seven centuries. It was wealthy and occupied a strategic position between the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean

This exploration of cultural resilience examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first ma

Discusses religion, the class structure, professions, taxation, law, family affairs, and other aspects of social life during the period of the Roman ruling of E