Roman Egypt Archive
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Movie Review: Agora
Posted on June 8, 2013 | No CommentsThis film is a pleasant departure from most Ancient period movies that rely on an abundance of sex, muscles, swords and tacky bravado. -
Glassware from Roman Egypt at Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade
Posted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsIn the period of the early Roman Empire, the Mediterranean basin and south Asia were connected by vast and complex networks of long-distance travel and commerce. The itineraries given in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (maritime) and Parthian stations (overland) are not necessarily routes to be followed by a single merchant with a single cargo from beginning to end -
A question of authenticity and date: Roman copies and Ptolemaic originals
Posted on March 8, 2013 | No CommentsEgyptian-style sculptures from the Roman period are often dismissed as modern forgeries on account of their unusual proportions and stylised features. This article considers the Imperial Roman fashion of using Egyptian and Egyptianising sculptural representations concentrating on three statues of questionable authenticity. -
The ploion hellenikon of Roman Egypt: What was Greek about it?
Posted on January 15, 2013 | No CommentsThe ploion hellenikon, ?????? ????????? or -
The Traders in Rome’s Eastern Commerce
Posted on January 14, 2013 | No CommentsDespite opposition by certain members of society, the Eastern trade seems to have continued to grow for at least the first two centuries of Roman rule. -
Taxation in the later Roman Empire
Posted on December 9, 2012 | No CommentsWhat were the bases of taxation? How was the collection organised? What were the most important imperial changes in the system of taxation in the later Roman Empire? -
Tiberius, Tacfarinas, and the Jews
Posted on September 29, 2012 | No CommentsDespite this relative wealth of sources, their combined evidence does not allow of a clear explanation as to why exactly Tiberius expelled the Jews from Rome in AD 19. Although they preserve broadly similar accounts of the circumstances surrounding this expulsion, they differ among themselves in several points of detail and interpretation. -
A Struggle Over Status: Citizenship of Alexandrian Jews During the First Century CE
Posted on September 19, 2012 | No CommentsIn 38 CE an incident occurred that would ignite the tensions of the city. -
Security and Water on Egypt’s Desert Roads: New Light on the Prefect Iulius Ursus and Praesidia-building under Vespasian
Posted on September 15, 2012 | No CommentsA chance visit to Berenike gave the key to a deeper understanding of the origins and history of the road that leads there from Coptos... -
Re-Membering Ancient Women: Hypatia of Alexandria and her CommunitiesRe-Membering Ancient Women: Hypatia of Alexandria and her Communities
Posted on August 25, 2012 | No CommentsRe-Membering Ancient Women: Hypatia of Alexandria and her Communities Minardi,
