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This volume explores the significance of literacy for everyday life in the ancient world. It focuses on the use of writing and written materials, the circumstan
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Authors: Anne Kolb
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How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Mo
Literacy in Everyday Life
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Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East
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