Aegyptus (Roman imperial province)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Aug 16, 2019 12:00 PM
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History
The Roman province of Egypt (Aegyptus) was established in 30 BC after the defeat of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra VII at the Battle of Actium.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/766
31.201435, 29.909773
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- Aegyptus (Roman imperial province) connection Ancient Egypt (region) (unspecified date range)
- Aegyptus (Roman imperial province) succeeds Ptolemaic Kingdom (30 BC - AD 300)
- Alexandria capital of Aegyptus (Roman imperial province) (30 BC - AD 300)
- Miṣr (early Islamic province) succeeds Aegyptus (Roman imperial province) (AD 632 - AD 1150)
province
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 J4 Aegyptus
R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Brian Turner, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Aegyptus (Roman imperial province): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/766> [accessed: 02 December 2023]
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