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Roman Egypt [note 1] 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 ...
circa 32: Hiberus (Vice prefect) 33–38: Aulus Avilius Flaccus. circa 38: Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro. 38–41: Gaius Vitrasius Pollio. 41–42: Lucius Aemilius Rectus. between 42 and 45: Marcus Heius. 45–48: Gaius Julius Postumus. 48–52: Gnaeus Vergilius Capito. circa 54: Lucius Lusius Geta.
Interpretatio graeca. Interpretatio graeca ( Latin for 'Greek translation'), or "interpretation by means of Greek [models]", refers to the tendency of the ancient Greeks to identify foreign deities with their own gods. [1] [2] It is a discourse [3] used to interpret or attempt to understand the mythology and religion of other cultures; a ...
The War of Actium (32–30 BC) was the last civil war of the Roman Republic, fought between Mark Antony (assisted by Cleopatra and by extension Ptolemaic Egypt) and Octavian. In 32 BC, Octavian convinced the Roman Senate to declare war on the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Her lover and ally Mark Antony, who was Octavian's rival, gave his support ...
Egypt produces its own energy, but has been a net oil importer since 2008 and is rapidly becoming a net importer of natural gas. Egypt produced 691,000 bbl/d of oil and 2,141.05 Tcf of natural gas in 2013, making the country the largest non-OPEC producer of oil and the second-largest dry natural gas producer in Africa. In 2013, Egypt was the ...
The Roman Empire under Hadrian (125) showing the provinces as then organised. The Roman provinces ( Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor.
In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700 –2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth Dynasty, such as King Sneferu, who perfected the art of pyramid-building, and the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, who constructed the pyramids at Giza.
Pages in category "Roman towns and cities in Egypt" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.