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    Roman Egypt

    Roman province that encompassed most of modern-day Egypt

    Roman Egypt was an imperial province of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641. The province encompassed most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai. It was bordered by the provinces of Crete and Cyrenaica to the west and Judaea, later Arabia Petraea, to the East. Egypt was conquered by Roman forces in 30 BC and became a province of the new Roman Empire upon its formation in 27 BC. Egypt came to serve as a major producer of grain for the empire and had a highly developed urban economy. It was by far the wealthiest Roman province outside of Italy. The population of Roman Egypt is unknown, although estimates vary from 4 to 8 million. Alexandria, its capital, was the largest port and second largest city of the Roman Empire. Three Roman legions garrisoned Egypt in the early Roman imperial period, with the garrison later reduced to two, alongside auxilia formations of the Roman army. The major town of each nome was known as a metropolis and granted additional privileges. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Roman Egypt [note 1] was an imperial province of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641. ... A map of the Near East in 565, showing Byzantine Egypt and its neighbors. The reign of Constantine the Great also saw the founding of Constantinople as a new capital for the Roman Empire, and in the course of the 4th century, the Empire was divided in ...
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  4. britannica.com

    Jan 8, 2025Ancient Egypt - Byzantine Empire, Trade, Religion: Diocletian was the last reigning Roman emperor to visit Egypt, in 302 ce. Within about 10 years of his visit, the persecution of Christians ceased. The end of persecution had such far-reaching effects that from this point on it is necessary to think of the history of Egypt in a very different framework.
  5. britannica.com

    Jan 8, 2025Ancient Egypt - Roman, Byzantine, 30 BCE-642 CE: "I added Egypt to the empire of the Roman people." With these words the emperor Augustus (as Octavian was known from 27 bce) summarized the subjection of Cleopatra's kingdom in the great inscription that records his achievements. The province was to be governed by a viceroy, a prefect with the status of a Roman knight (eques) who was ...
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  7. Chronological systems of Byzantine Egypt by Bagnall, Roger S. Publication date 2004 Topics Chronology, Egyptian, Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Egypt, Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. -- Sources Publisher Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled
  8. Egypt is a widely studied region for historians and archaeologists, but it seems Byzantine/Coptic Egypt is commonly neglected due to the lack of any surviving remains and I have been struggling to find much information about it. Therefore it's quite hard to get a good picture of it as it's after the famous ancient period, but before the Islamic ...
  9. egyptopia.com

    The Byzantines in Egypt The fourth century witnessed the split of the Roman Empire into two distinct empires: the Eastern Roman Empire (later called the Byzantine Empire) and Western Roman Empire, a split reinforced when Constantine I transferred the capital of the Eastern Empire from Nicomedia (in Anatolia) to Byzantium (the city which inspired his imagination in 330 AD to be rebuilt as Nuova ...
  10. countrystudies.us

    Egypt was governed from Constantinople as part of the Byzantine Empire. In 312 Constantine established Christianity as the official religion of the empire, and his Edict of Milan of 313 established freedom of worship. By the middle of the fourth century, Egypt was largely a Christian country.
  11. assets.cambridge.org

    A comprehensive survey of Egypt's history, culture, and society in the late Roman and Byzantine period, from Constantine to the Arab conquest. Edited by Roger Bagnall, the book features 21 essays by experts on various aspects of Byzantine Egypt, with illustrations and references.
  12. metmuseum.org

    The Byzantine emperor Justinian I (r. 527-65) outlaws pagan religious practices in Egypt, marked by the closing of the temple at Philae (535) and the dispatch of Byzantine missionaries to southern territories. Justinian I also reorganizes Egypt's system of imperial administration, uniting civil and military authority over the region. 538

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