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Bagnall, Roger Shaler was born on August 19, 1947 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
(The traditional demographic regime of ancient Greece and ...)
The traditional demographic regime of ancient Greece and Rome is almost entirely unknown; but our best chance for understanding its characteristics is provided by the three hundred census returns that survive on papyri from Roman Egypt. These returns, which date from the first three centuries AD, list the members of ordinary households living in the Nile valley: not only family members, but lodgers and slaves. The Demography of Roman Egypt has a complete and accurate catalogue of all demographically relevant information contained in the returns. On the basis of this catalogue, the authors use modern demographic methods and models to reconstruct the patterns of mortality, marriage, fertility and migration that are likely to have prevailed in Roman Egypt. They recreate a more or less typical Mediterranean population as it survived and prospered nearly two millennia ago.
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(Egypt is the richest source of primary documents for the ...)
Egypt is the richest source of primary documents for the economy, society and everyday life of the late antique Mediterranean world. Its thousands of papyri provide insight into aspects and topics ignored by ancient authors. This handbook is an indispensable tool in navigating these documents, which use a host of complex systems to date legal transactions. Extensive tables and lists help the reader understand the use of consulates, the indiction cycle, eras, and dates by imperial reigns. Other formal aspects of the documents, including Christian invocations and sworn oaths, are also fully covered.
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( For the past hundred years, much has been written about...)
For the past hundred years, much has been written about the early editions of Christian texts discovered in the region that was once Roman Egypt. Scholars have cited these papyrus manuscripts--containing the Bible and other Christian works--as evidence of Christianity's presence in that historic area during the first three centuries AD. In Early Christian Books in Egypt, distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected, biased, and at odds with the realities of the ancient world. Providing a detailed picture of the social, economic, and intellectual climate in which these manuscripts were written and circulated, he reveals that the number of Christian books from this period is likely fewer than previously believed. Bagnall explains why papyrus manuscripts have routinely been dated too early, how the role of Christians in the history of the codex has been misrepresented, and how the place of books in ancient society has been misunderstood. The author offers a realistic reappraisal of the number of Christians in Egypt during early Christianity, and provides a thorough picture of the economics of book production during the period in order to determine the number of Christian papyri likely to have existed. Supporting a more conservative approach to dating surviving papyri, Bagnall examines the dramatic consequences of these findings for the historical understanding of the Christian church in Egypt.
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(The ancient Mediterranean world brought to us by Herodotu...)
The ancient Mediterranean world brought to us by Herodotus, Thucydides and Tacitus is one of politics, war and the power elite of Greece and Rome. There was another ancient world, in which ordinary people made a living, sold land, ran their towns and sued one another. This is the world that the papyri bring to life; this book is about how they do so. Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History demonstrates how historians can put together information from scattered and often badly damaged documents to build up a picture of the society, economy and culture of the multicultural world of antiquity. Through discussion of contemporary historical work on the documents, Roger Bagnall scrutinises alternative ways of approaching these sources. He shows how the ancient historian can use the methodologies of anthropology, comparative history and statistics alongside more traditional tools to turn these texts into questions and answers. Students and teachers of ancient history will find Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History an indispensable guide to using these ancient texts in their own work.
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( This book brings together a vast amount of information ...)
This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, Roger Bagnall draws his evidence mainly from documentary and archaeological sources, including the papyri that have been published over the last thirty years.
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Bagnall, Roger Shaler was born on August 19, 1947 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1968; Master of Arts, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Studies, U. Toronto, 1972.
Assistant professor classics Florida State University, 1972-1974. Assistant professor Greek and Latin Columbia University, New York City, 1974-1979, associate professor classics and history, 1979-1983, professor, 1983—2007, dean Graduate School Arts and Sciences, 1989-1993. Director Institute for Study of Ancient World New York University, since 2007, professor Ancient History, since 2007.
President Egyptological Seminary of New York, 1981-1983. Visiting professor University Florence, Italy, 1981, 89, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 1986, University Warsaw, Poland, 1989, University Helsinki, Finland, 1994, American University Cairo, 2004. Sather professor University California-Berkeley, 2005.
(The traditional demographic regime of ancient Greece and ...)
( This book brings together a vast amount of information ...)
(The ancient Mediterranean world brought to us by Herodotu...)
( For the past hundred years, much has been written about...)
(Egypt is the richest source of primary documents for the ...)
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Fellow American Numismatic Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Philological Association (secretary-treasurer 1979-1985, board directors 1988-1991), American Philosophical Society, American Society Papyrologists (president 1993-1996), Academy Royale de Belgique. Correspondent fellow British Academy.
Married 1969; 2 children.