Dura-Europos

[Anonymous]

What's a good beginners book for Dura-Europos? Looking for general stuff like the city's history, a description of the city's fall in the 250s, a map, etc. The whole 'Final Reports' series seems a bit too in-depth (not to mention expensive)... is "The Discovery of Dura-Europos" by Clark Hopkins any good? Thanks. <p></p><i></i>

[richsc]

Have you looked at Simon James' webpage on this? I think he's the current leading expert.<br>
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www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/.../index.htm <p>Legio XX<br>
Fortius Conamur<br>
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[Andrew Brozyna]

I have "The Discovery of Dura-Europos" by Clark Hopkins, but I haven't read it yet. I only just skimmed it for info on shields - there's not too much on that subject, but it has an interesting photo of the rectangular scutum. It seems like a good overall book. You can get it used for like $5 on amazon.com<br>
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-Andy <p></p><i></i>