Paideia e ginnasi in Egitto ellenistico e romano

This publication brings together the proceedings of an international colloquium organized by the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Milan and the Department of Humanistic Studies of the University of Pavia, which took place in September 2022, aiming to investigate, in the light of important recent archaeological discoveries, as well as of the current historiographical debate, the institution of the gymnasium in the cultural, political and social context of Egypt, first as a Hellenistic kingdom, then as a Roman province.
The volume addresses the relations between gymnasium and military training, its central role in the Hellenization of an area of the ancient world with a strong national identity, and the cultural transferts operating within it. It tackles the problem of access – more or less restricted – to such a vital institution in the social life of a progressively transforming elite, and the role of the Judaic component of the population involved in the paideia imparted in the gymnasia, both at Alexandria and even in the villages of the chora. All these themes are addressed and investigated from the context of the Ptolemaic reign to that of the Roman province, with the aim of better defining the meaning of this institution, which emerges from the Egyptian evidence with original nuances, and is still open to multifaceted discussion and interpretation.

Publishing house LED Edizioni Universitarie
Year of publication 2024
Number of pages 210
ISBN 9788855131506
Foreign Rights Valeria Passerini / Tiziana Battaglia
Price 32.00

Silvia Bussi is an associated professor of Roman history at the University of Milan, where he teaches economic and social history of the ancient world. Most of his publications concern the Hellenistic and Roman Egypt from multiple points of view.

Livia Capponi is an associated professor of Roman history at the University of Pavia. Among its main research interests are the history of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, the history of the Jewish people, Roman historiography and documentary papyrology.