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Livia Capponi offers a concise, introductory survey to Egypt under Roman rule, covering a lot of ground as she reviews the evidence and the issues which have formed the basis for scholarly debate and analysis. She looks at the nature of Roman rule, including tax and administration, at Roman concepts of Egypt, and at society and culture, and finishes with sections on the great city of Alexandria, and on Oxyrhynchus and the treasure-trove of information on daily life which it has provided.