Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity - Aphrodito Before and After the Islamic Conquest

The most detailed glimpse to date of daily life in a small town at the end of the Roman Empire.

List of contents

1. Aphrodito in Egypt; 2. A world of violence; 3. A world of law; 4. Dioskoros, caught in between; 5. Working in the fields; 6. Town crafts and trades; 7. Looking to heaven; 8. From cradle to grave; 9. Aphrodito's women; 10. Big men and strangers; 11. Life in the big city; 12. Conclusion.

About the author

Giovanni R. Ruffini is a Professor in the Department of History at Fairfield University, Connecticut. He is the co-founder and editor of Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies and is the author of numerous articles and several books on Byzantine Egypt and medieval Nubia. These books include Social Networks in Byzantine Egypt (Cambridge, 2008) and Medieval Nubia: A Social and Economic History (2012).

Summary

Explores the records from Aphrodito, a late Roman village, and provides a micro-history, giving more detail about daily life here than anywhere else in the Roman Empire. Challenges the conventional focus on late antique cultural elites. Creates instead a vision of Late Antiquity focused on free peasants and their villages.

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni R. Ruffini, Giovanni R. (Fairfield University Ruffini, RUFFINI GIOVANNI R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781107105607
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10560-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Egypt, Social & cultural history, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History and Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology