Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Dura-Europos and The Roman Garrison
- 2 Documentary Typologies in The Durene Collection
- 3 Who’s who in the XX Palmyrenorum
- 4 Scripts and Scribes in The Cohort
- 5 The Papyri
- Appendix A The Feriale Duranum
- Appendix B The Greek Papyri in The 20th Cohort of The Palmyrenes
- Bibliography
1 - Dura-Europos and The Roman Garrison
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Dura-Europos and The Roman Garrison
- 2 Documentary Typologies in The Durene Collection
- 3 Who’s who in the XX Palmyrenorum
- 4 Scripts and Scribes in The Cohort
- 5 The Papyri
- Appendix A The Feriale Duranum
- Appendix B The Greek Papyri in The 20th Cohort of The Palmyrenes
- Bibliography
Summary
A historical introduction, presenting all the most recent bibliography and research on the town and the Roman conquest, the cohors XX Palmyrenorum, the final demise of Dura, and an overview on the discovery and the location of the Dura papyri.
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- Latin Military Papyri of Dura-Europos (P.Dura 55–145)A New Edition of the Texts, with Introduction and Notes, pp. 1 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023