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The Journey of Theophanes : Travel, Business, and Daily Life in the Roman East

by: Matthews, J.

Price: 75,00 EURO

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Category: Greco-Roman History
Code: 1567
ISBN-13: 9780300108989 / 978-0-300-10898-9
ISBN-10: 0300108982 / 0-300-10898-2
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 2006
Publication Place: New Haven and London
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 244
Book Condition: New

 In the early fourth century, a lawyer and public figure from the Nile valley city of Hermopolis made a six-month business related journey to Antioch. The day to day details are preserved on papyrus documents and offer a remarkable record of this journey, covering everything from distances traveled to daily food purchases, from medicinal supplies to fees paid for services. In this book, the classicist and historian John Matthews translates these important documents and places them in the wider context of the social history of the Graeco-Roman world. The memoranda relating to Theophanes' journey are presented within a historical narrative that offers an array of revelations on diet, travel, social relations, and other fascinating topics. This book creates an unprecedented account of daily life in the years preceding Emperor Constantine's rise to power in the eastern provinces of the Roman empire

Contents
Preface
Abbreviations and Short Titles
Illustrations
The Contents of the Theophanes Archive
Egyptian Months
1 Introduction
2 Hermopolis
3 The Road to Antioch
4 Interlude
5 At Antioch
6 Homeward Bound
7 Costs and Prices
8 Food and Diet
Appendix 1 P. Ryl. 627: Summary of Contents
Appendix 2 Notes on the Text
Appendix 3 Costs and Prices in the Memoranda
Appendix 4 Kemia and Kemoraphanos
Bibliography
Index

 

Subjects:
Dagboeken
HISTORY Ancient General
Midden-Oosten
Middle East
Middle East Social conditions
Moyen-Orient Conditions sociales
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy
Reisbeschrijvingen
SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture
Social conditions
Society
Theophanes, active 4th century
Theophanes, active 4th century Travel Middle East
Théophane, époque 4e s Voyages Moyen-Orient
Travel

 

 
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