TY  - BOOK
AU  - Matthews,John
TI  - The journey of Theophanes: travel, business, and daily life in the Roman east 
SN  - 9780300135244 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HN656.A8 M37 2006eb
U1  - 306.0939/4 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Theophanes,
KW  - Théophane,
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Cultural Policy
KW  - Popular Culture
KW  - Dagboeken
KW  - gtt
KW  - Reisbeschrijvingen
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Moyen-Orient
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - Midden-Oosten
KW  - ისტორია--
KW  - ძველი მსოფლიოს ისტორია
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index
N2  - 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
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