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Nel 70 d.C. Tito distrugge il Tempio di Gerusalemme radicalizzando gli animi delle comunità ebraiche di Antiochia, Cipro, Egitto e Cirenaica. Durante l'esilio gli scampati alla catastrofe coltivano la speranza, politica e messianica, di rientrare in terra d'Israele e ricostruire il santuario, in una sorta di nuovo Esodo. In questo contesto, Traiano, dopo aver conquistato la Dacia, si prepara ad invadere l'Oriente ma ha bisogno del supporto del...

With documents including papyri, inscriptions and ostraka, this book casts light on the administration and economy issues faced with the transition of Egypt, from an allied kingdom of Rome to a province of the Roman Empire. It is suitable for students and scholars of ancient history.

With updated documents including papyri, inscriptions and ostraka, this book casts fresh and original light on the administration and economy issues faced with the transition of Egypt from an allied kingdom of Rome to a province of the Roman Empire

Egypt is by far the best-documented province of the Roman Empire. The dryness of its climate means that an enormous number of literary and documentary papyri have survived a unique, reliable and lively source that documents Egypt in more detail than any other Roman province. Hitherto these have not been used extensively by Roman historians, on the erroneous assumption that Egypt is somehow atypical as a Roman province. However, scholars now ag...