Economic Rationalism and Rural Society in Third-Century A.D. Egypt The Heroninos Archive and the Appianus Estate

This book reconstructs the life and workings of the Appianus estate in the Fayum district of Egypt under Roman rule in the third century AD. Basing his study on the extensive documentary evidence of the Heroninos archive, consisting of hundreds of letters and accounts on papyrus, Dr Rathbone examines the nature of rural society at the time.Rathbone, Dominic is the author of 'Economic Rationalism and Rural Society in Third-Century A.D. Egypt The Heroninos Archive and the Appianus Estate' with ISBN 9780521401494 and ISBN 0521401496.