Egyp (Roman province)
The Roman province o Egyp (Laitin: Aegyptus, pronoonced [ajˈɡʏptʊs]; Greek: Αἴγυπτος Aigyptos [ɛ́ːgyptos]) wis established in 30 BC efter Octavian (the futur emperor Augustus) defeatit his rival Mark Antony, deponed Antony's lover Queen Cleopatra VII an annexed the Ptolemaic Kinrick o Egyp tae the Roman Empire.
Province o Aegyptus Provincia Aegypti ἐπαρχία Αἰγύπτου | |||||||||
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Province o the Roman Empire | |||||||||
30 BC–641 | |||||||||
Province of Aegyptus in 117 AD. | |||||||||
Caipital | Alexandria | ||||||||
Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||
• Conquest o Ptolemaic Egyp | 30 BC | ||||||||
• Formation o the Diocese | 390 | ||||||||
641 | |||||||||
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The day pairt o | Egypt |