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Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt Andrew Harker

Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt By Andrew Harker

Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt by Andrew Harker


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Examines the Acta Alexandrinorum, which tells of the trials and executions of Alexandrians by Roman emperors. Dr Harker looks at the development of this literature, which was especially popular in the first three centuries AD, and the perspective it offers on provincial life in the Roman Empire.

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Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt: The Case of the Acta Alexandrinorum by Andrew Harker

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.

About Andrew Harker

ANDREW HARKER studied for his doctorate at King's College London before lecturing at the University of London. He now teaches Classics in Hertfordshire.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The embassies to Gaius and Claudius; 3. The Acta Alexandrinorum: Augustus to the Severans; 4. The Acta Alexandrinorum: the historical background; 5. Between loyalty and dissent: the Acta Alexandrinorum and contemporary literature; 6. Conclusion.

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NPB9780521887892
9780521887892
0521887895
Loyalty and Dissidence in Roman Egypt: The Case of the Acta Alexandrinorum by Andrew Harker
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2008-04-17
264
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