Two separate processes of birth registrations existed in Roman Egypt: one process for Roman citizens that was conducted in Latin, and another process for Greco-Egyptians that was conducted in Greek. These two processes were in legal terms, totally unrelated. There are 21 available birth ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ancient Thera is an antique city on a ridge of the steep, 360 m high Messavouno mountain on the Greek island of Santorini. It was named after the mythical ruler ...
Flooding introduced the need for the development of the science of land survey: the 5th century BC Greek historian Herodotus recorded that the legendary King Sesostris at some point for taxation divided the lands of Egypt into plots. Annual floods of the Nile destroyed these plots; thus, surveyor...