Tradition and Transformation. Egypt under Roman Rule: Proceedings of the International Conference, Hildesheim, Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum, 3-6 July 2008

In 30 BCE, Egypt became a province of the Roman empire. Alongside unbroken traditions - especially of the indigenous Egyptian population, but also among the Greek elite - major changes and slow processes of transformation can be observed. The multiethnical population was situated between new patterns of rule and traditional lifeways. This tension between change and permanence was investigated during the conference. The last decades have seen an increase in the interest in Roman Egypt with n...