Free Download Dr. Andrew Connor, "Confiscation or Coexistence: Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus "
English | ISBN: 0472133225 | 2022 | 238 pages | EPUB | 1397 KB
It is generally accepted that Roman administrators, arriving in Egypt in the aftermath of Augustus' annexation of the province, confiscated en masse the land and other property belonging to the temples of Egypt-estimated at as much as one-third of the country. It is further accepted that this confiscation doomed the temples by removing their economic support and making them subservient to the Roman state, and that this in turn led to the collapse of Egyptian religion. In Confiscation or Coexistence: Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus, author Andrew Connor takes direct issue with both claims.
The interpretative consensus developed after the publication of a handful of key documents-P.Tebt. 2.302 especially, alongside
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