Visibility and Violence in Petitions from Roman Egypt
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">The complaints by victims of violence preserved in the papyri emphasize visible physical damage and the loss of dignity; in these narratives about violence, petitioners reveal an unexpectedly complex understanding of local hierarch...
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Language: | English |
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Duke University
2010-11-01
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Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/891 |