Roman Wall Blues
Peter Parsons, 17 May 1984
Vindolanda: The Latin Writing-Tablets
by A.K. Bowman and J.D. Thomas.
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 157 pp., £16.50, November 1983,0 907764 02 9 Show More
by A.K. Bowman and J.D. Thomas.
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 157 pp., £16.50, November 1983,
The Christians as the Romans saw them
by Robert Wilken.
Yale, 214 pp., £12.95, February 1983,0 300 03066 5 Show More
by Robert Wilken.
Yale, 214 pp., £12.95, February 1983,
The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul
by Wayne Meeks.
Yale, 299 pp., £15, June 1983,0 300 02876 8 Show More
by Wayne Meeks.
Yale, 299 pp., £15, June 1983,
Life in Egypt under Roman Rule
by Naphtali Lewis.
Oxford, 239 pp., £15, August 1983,0 19 814848 8 Show More
by Naphtali Lewis.
Oxford, 239 pp., £15, August 1983,
“... dip into a military waste-paper basket of 100 AD. The originals can be seen at the British Museum. Bowman and Thomas provide the first and the final publication. Their book does more than decipher the faded and broken scrawl (difficult enough in itself): it provides, with enviable erudition, the whole necessary context, linguistic, historical and ... ”
