Timeline of Egyptian History: Roman Egypt AD 1

Timeline of Egyptian History: 3500 BC - AD 500

Roman Egypt AD 1

Like all the other Hellenistic kingdoms, Egypt has now been incorporated as a province into the Roman Empire.

Ancient Egypt’s last independent ruler was also her most celebrated – Queen Cleopatra. She ended her life committing suicide after her defeat at the battle of Actium (31 BC).

The victorious Roman ruler Octavian (since 27 BC called Caesar Augustus) has kept the Hellenistic administration of the Ptolemies in place, highly effective as it is in extracting as much wealth as possible from the land and its people. The country now provides the distant imperial capital, Rome, with a large proportion of its grain.

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map of the Roman province of Egypt in AD1

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