... immune to the gradual decline in Roman stability. This book, however, focuses on issues relating to the remote desert regions of Roman Egypt. Today, archaeologists from nearly a dozen nations are at work in many of these areas, and every year they uncover additional evidence that sheds new light on old...

... immune to the gradual decline in Roman stability. Today, archaeologists from nearly a dozen nations are at work in many of these desert areas, and every year they uncover additional evidence that sheds new light on old theories concerning the role of Rome's Egyptian frontier and the nature of its...