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Episode CCIII - Augustan Egypt
Emperors of Rome
English - January 09, 2023 03:41 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.4K ratingsHistory la trobe university history julius caesar caesar rhiannon evans rome roman history biography emperor roman emperors Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode CCII - The Death of Cleopatra and Antony
Next Episode: Episode CCIV - Octavian's Illyrian War
Egypt was a valuable province to Rome, with natural wealth and successful agriculture. Thanks to an arid climate there’s also a number of preserved papyri from that era, providing modern scholarship with an invaluable paper-trail on the administration at the time.
One papyri has led to the belief that Augustus confiscated lands of the Egyptian temples, and ultimately the decline of Egypt’s religions.
Andrew Connor is the author of Confiscation or Coexistence: Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus published by University of Michigan Press.
Guest: Dr Andrew Connor (Lecturer, Centre for Ancient Cultures, Monash University)