Economic Rationalism and Rural Society in Third-Century AD Egypt: The Heroninos Archive and the Appianus Estate » (REVISED)

This book reconstructs the life and workings of the Appianus estate in the Fayum district of Egypt under Roman rule in the third century AD.

List of figures and map; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations and notes for the reader;

1. The archive and the estate;
2. Owners and managers;
3. Permanent labour;
4. Occasional labour;
5. Lessees and other contractors;
6. Production on the phrontides;
7. Transport, marketing and monetisation;
8. The accounts;
9. Conclusions; Appendix I. Papyrological matters; Appendix II. Measures and prices of wheat and of wine; Indexes.