Getting Rich in Late Antique Egypt

by Ryan E McConnell

Papyrologists and historians have taken a lively interest in the Apion family (fifth through seventh centuries), who rose from local prominence in rural Middle Egypt to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the Eastern Roman Empire. The focus of most scholarly debate has been whether the Apion estate--and estates like it--aimed for a marketable surplus or for self-sufficiency. Getting Rich in Late Antique Egypt shifts the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472130382
• ISBN13: 9780472130382
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"