Land transport in Roman Egypt [electronic resource] : a study of economics and administration in a Roman province / Colin Adams.
Series: Oxford classical monographsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 331 p. : mapsISBN:- 0199203970 (alk. paper)
- 9780199203970 (alk. paper)
- 388.0932/09015 22
- HE161 .A33 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-314) and index.
Introduction : transport and the economy of the Roman world -- The geography, topography and land transport networks of Egypt -- Transport animals and wagons -- Animal use and maintenance -- Animal trade and ownership -- State control of animal ownership -- Animal requisition -- State grain transport -- Deserts and military supply -- Trade and transport -- Transport and the land economy -- Conclusion.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.