Reflections on Urbanism in Graeco-Roman Egypt: a historical and regional perspective

Abstract

During the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, many new settlements were established and those already existing continued to flourish, though sometimes remodelled to reflect a change in lifestyle. A historical analysis of the urbanization of the country and of the urban models that spread during these periods is inevitably subject to a high degree of generalization because of our imperfect archaeological knowledge of the settlements.