Later Roman Egypt: Society, Religion, Economy And Administration (variorum Collected Studies)

Egypt, with its ever-growing wealth of evidence from the papyri, has in recent decades been one of the liveliest areas of scholarship on the later Roman Empire. This volume collects two dozen articles on the social, economic, and administrative history of Egypt by Roger Bagnall, whose book 'Egypt in Late Antiquity' has helped to bring this region and this evidence into the mainstream of historical debate. In these studies some of the main themes of his work are visible, in particular attempts to explore the possibilities for quantifying not only questions like the burden of taxation or the distribution of land-ownership, but more tantalizing and controversial matters like the rate at which the population of Egypt was Christianized. Society -- Slavery And Society In Late Roman Egypt (law, Politics And Society In The Ancient Mediterranean World, Ed. B. Halpern And D. Hobson. Sheffield, 1993) -- Women, Law, And Social Realities In Late Antiquity: A Review Article (bulletin Of The American Society Of Papyrologists, 32. Atlanta, 1995) -- Missing Females In Roman Egypt (scripta Classica Israelica, 16. Jerusalem, 1997) -- Church, State And Divorce In Late Roman Egypt (in Florilegium Columbianum: Essays In Honor Of Paul Oskar Kristeller. New York, 1987) -- Official And Private Violence In Roman Egypt (bulletin Of The American Society Of Papyrologists, 26. Atlanta, 1989) -- The Population Of Theadelphia In The Fourth Century (bulletin De La Societe D'archeologie Copte, 24. Le Caire, 1982) -- An Owner Of Literary Papyri (classical Philology, 87. Chicago, 1992) -- Religion And Society -- Religious Conversion And Onomastic Change In Early Byzantine Egypt (bulletin Of The American Society Of Papyrologists, 19. Atlanta, 1982) -- Conversion And Onomastics: A Reply (zeitschrift Fur Papyrologie Und Epigraphik, 69. Bonn, 1987) -- Combat Ou Vide: Christianisme Et Paganisme Dans L'egypte Romaine Tardive (ktema, 13. Strasbourg, 1988 [1992]) -- Charite's Christianity (bulletin Of The American Society Of Papyrologists, 32. Atlanta, 1995) -- Economy -- Landholding In Late Roman Egypt: The Distribution Of Wealth (journal Of Roman Studies, 82. London, 1992) -- An Arsinoite Metropolitan Landowning Family Of The Fourth Century (papyrologica Lupiensia, 2. Lesce, 1993 [papiri Documentari Greci]). Roger S. Bagnall. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Series Page Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Publisher's Note Preface Acknowledgments Society I: Slavery and Society in Late Roman Egypt II: Women, Law, and Social Realities in Late Antiquity: A Review Article III: Missing Females in Roman Egypt IV: Church, State and Divorce in Late Roman Egypt V: Official and Private Violence in Roman Egypt VI: The Population of Theadelphia in the Fourth Century VII: An Owner of Literary Papyri Religion and Society VIII: Religious Conversion and Onomastic Change in Early Byzantine Egypt IX: Conversion and Onomastics: A Reply X: Combat Ou Vide: Christianisme Et Paganisme Dans L'Égypte Romaine Tardive XI: Charite's Christianity Economy XII: Landholding in Late Roman Egypt: The Distribution of Wealth XIII: An Arsinoite Metropolitan Landowning Family of the Fourth Century XIV: Military Officers as Landowners in Fourth Century Egypt XV: Price in 'Sales on Delivery' XVI: The Camel, the Wagon, and the Donkey in Later Roman Egypt Administration and Taxation XVII: Agricultural Productivity and Taxation in Later Roman Egypt XVIII: P.Oxy. XVI1905, SB V 7756, and Fourth Century Taxation XIX: Bullion Purchases and Landholding in the Fourth Century XX: The Taxes of Toka XXI: The Periodicity and Collection of the Chrysargyron XXII: Count Ausonius XXIII: Property-holdings of Liturgists in Fourth-century Karanis XXIV: The Number and Term of the Dekaprotoi Addenda Index