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The Late Roman and Early Islamic Urban Enceinte

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2005

Alison L. Gascoigne
Alison L. Gascoigne
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UK; [email protected].
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Abstract

It has been established in the preceding sections that settlement walls were by no means uncommon in ancient Egypt, and it is from this tradition that the late Roman and early Islamic urban configuration developed. With the incorporation of the country into the Roman empire, it was inevitable that changes would be made to its defensive situation, and the continuing Hellenization of the upper classes would alter perceptions of the urban ideal. This section will consider to what extent these forces brought Egypt into line with other eastern Roman provinces, and how the urban enceinte developed after the Arab conquest of the country in 642.

Keywords

city wallsEgyptian wallsancient urban wallingdefence, ancient urban
Type
Research Article
Information
Cambridge Archaeological Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , October 2004 , pp. 276 - 284
Copyright
2004 The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

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