Roman Egypt

ROGER S. BAGNALL is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History and founding Leon Levy Director Emeritus at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. His publications include numerous books on the documents and social and economic history of Roman and Late Antique Egypt.

• 1. Laying the foundations for Roman Egypt; 2. The coming of Roman rule; 3. Development and crisis in a Roman province; 4. The making of Late Antique Egypt; 5. Divergence and division; 6. The Persians, the Arab conquest, and another transformation of Egypt.

'This is an extremely useful book for both students and those who want to encounter a complex and fascinating past that is rich in documents that still animate today's academic debate. The handbook offers in-depth fact sheets on the most discussed sources as well as an up-to-date bibliography (not only by English- speaking scholars) on much-debated topics … I recommend this book for the richness of the arguments discussed and for its ability to make them accessible not only to a specialist audience.' Luca Arcari, Review of Biblical Literature