Triangular landscapes : environment, society, and the state in the Nile Delta under Roman rule

Summary: Using papyri and other sources documenting the Mendesian Nome, a district of the North-Eastern Nile Delta, this volume investigates the complex networks of relationships between Mendesian environments, socio-economic dynamics, and agro-fiscal policies in the Roman period.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199688722
ISBN: 9781322023311
ISBN: 9780199688722
ISBN: 9780191767876
ISBN: 9780191002397
ISBN: 132202331X
ISBN: 0199688729
ISBN: 0191767875
ISBN: 0191002399
Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Copyright: �2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString.july.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Mendesian Nome in context -- The Mendesian landscape under Roman rule -- 'Le beau risque': society, the state, and the land -- Autopsy of a region in crisis.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.