Loyalty and dissidence in Roman Egypt : the case of the Acta Alexandrinorum /

Loyalty and dissidence in Roman Egypt : the case of the Acta Alexandrinorum /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Harker, Andrew, 1975-
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 256 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Egypt -- History -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D. -- Sources. Alexandria (Egypt) -- History -- Sources. Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Sources. Egypt. Egypt -- Alexandria. Rome (Empire) History. Sources.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814004

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ISBN:	0511397623 9780511397622 9780511396854 0511396856 0511399219 9780511399213 9780511482793 0511482795 0521887895 9780521887892
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-250) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The Acta Alexandrinorum are a fascinating collection of texts, dealing with relations between the Alexandrians and the Roman emperors in the first century AD. This was a turbulent time in the life of the capital city of the new province of Egypt, not least because of tensions between the Greek and Jewish sections of the population. Dr Harker's was the first in-depth study of these texts since their first edition half a century ago, and it examines them in the context of other similar contemporary literary forms, both from Roman Egypt and the wider Roman Empire. This study of the Acta Alexandrinorum, which was genuinely popular in Roman Egypt, offers a more complex perspective on provincial mentalities towards imperial Rome than that offered in the mainstream elite literature. It will be of interest to classicists and ancient historians, but also to those interested in Jewish and New Testament studies.
Other form:	Print version: Harker, Andrew, 1975- Loyalty and dissidence in Roman Egypt. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The embassies to Gaius and Claudius
The Acta Alexandrinorum : Augustus to the Severans
The Acta Alexandrinorum : the historical background
Between loyalty and dissent : the Acta Alexandrinorum and contemporary literature
Conclusion.