Until now... Alexandria, the greatest city of the region, has lacked a major study. With the publication of Christopher Haas's fine work, that gap in the scholarly literature has been filled... Integrating evidence from a wide variety of texts and the limited archaeological evidence, he has produced a vivid account of late antique Alexandria.

A valuable and much needed contribution to the study of Alexandria and late antiquity... Haas has produced a vivid and interesting portrait.

Book Description

Haas explores the broad avenues and back alleys of Alexandria's neighborhoods, its suburbs and waterfront, and aspects of material culture that underlay Alexandrian social and intellectual life.