Cover -- Violence in Roman Egypt -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life -- Part I. The Texture of the Problem -- Chapter 1. Ptolemaios Complains -- Chapter 2. Violent Egypt -- Chapter 3. Violence, Modern and Ancient -- Part II. From the Language of Pain to the Language of Law -- Chapter 4. Narrating Injury -- Chapter 5. The Work of Law -- Chapter 6. Fission and Fusion -- Conclusion: Nomos and Its Narratives -- Appendix A: The Papyrus on the Page -- Appendix B: Translations of Petitions Concerning Violence -- List of Papyri in Checklist Order -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.