ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce the evidence for travel provided by the papyri of Roman Egypt. 1 It is not intended to be deeply analytical, rather it describes the type of evidence contained in these documents. The chapter is concerned with two main sources of evidence on papyri: first, private letters, which contain valuable information on how and why people travelled in Egypt, and what dangers or problems they might have encountered; and second, itineraries of specific journeys, which may be interesting if compared to larger and more important itineraries discussed elsewhere in this volume.
