introduce the sources of the study of the roman empire class 11 ( IN 50 WORDS )
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Sources: There is a rich collection of sources to study Roman history, like – texts, documents and material remains.
1. Archaeological : a) Amphitheater, b) Amphorae, c) Colosseum, d) Statues, e) Aqueducts
2. (Literary) Written : (A) Texts – Histories written by Contemporary Historians (B) Documents
3. Aerial Photographs
Documentary sources include mainly inscriptions and papyri. Inscriptions were usually cuton stone, so a large number survive, in both Greek and Latin.
The ‘papyrus’ was a reed-like plant that grew along the banks of the Nile in Egypt and was processed to produce a writing material that was very widely used in everyday life.
Thousands of contracts, accounts, letters and official documents survive ‘on papyrus’ and have been published by scholars who are called ‘papyrologists.
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