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Late Antiquity viewed from below: What a village and its papyri can add to the bigger picture - G. R. Ruffini 2018. Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity: Aphrodito before and after the Islamic Conquest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. x + 233. 12 figures, 1 map. ISBN 978-1-107-10560-7.

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G. R. Ruffini 2018. Life in an Egyptian Village in Late Antiquity: Aphrodito before and after the Islamic Conquest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. x + 233. 12 figures, 1 map. ISBN 978-1-107-10560-7.

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Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello
Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello*
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University of Basel
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , June 2021 , pp. 401 - 408
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