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Violence in Roman Egypt : a study in legal interpretation /

If ancient historians have frequently written about non-elite people as if they were undifferentiated and interchangeable, the author counters by drawing on one of our few sources of personal narratives from the Roman world: over a hundred papyrus petitions, submitted to local and imperial officials...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryen, Ari Z.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Colección:Empire and after.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:If ancient historians have frequently written about non-elite people as if they were undifferentiated and interchangeable, the author counters by drawing on one of our few sources of personal narratives from the Roman world: over a hundred papyrus petitions, submitted to local and imperial officials, in which individuals from the Egyptian countryside sought redress for acts of violence committed against them. By assembling these long-neglected materials (also translated as an appendix to the book) and putting them in conversation with contemporary perspectives from legal anthropology and social theory, the author shows how legal stories were used to work out relations of deference within local communities. -- Publisher's description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812208214
0812208218