Roman Egypt

Roman province in Egypt (30 BCE–641 CE)
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Roman Egypt

Summary

Roman Egypt is a Roman province[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of roman_province entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,554 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Roman Egypt is in the country of Ancient Rome[3].
  • Roman Egypt is in the country of Byzantine Empire[4].
  • Roman Egypt is in the country of Ancient Egypt[5].
  • Roman Egypt is on the continent of Africa[6].
  • Roman Egypt's instance of is recorded as Roman province[7].
  • Roman Egypt's capital is recorded as Alexandria[8].
  • Roman Egypt's shares border with is recorded as Creta et Cyrenaica[9].
  • Roman Egypt's shares border with is recorded as Judaea[10].
  • Roman Egypt's shares border with is recorded as Arabia Petraea[11].
  • Roman Egypt's Commons category is recorded as Roman Egypt[12].
  • 30 BC marks the founding of Roman Egypt[13].
  • Roman Egypt was dissolved in 642[14].
  • Roman Egypt began on 30 BC[15].
  • Roman Egypt ended on 642[16].
  • Roman Egypt's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 28, 'longitude': 32.1}[17].
  • Roman Egypt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roman Egypt[18].
  • Roman Egypt's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic:civilization=roman_and_byzantine_egyptian[19].
  • Roman Egypt's replaces is recorded as Ptolemaic Kingdom[20].
  • Roman Egypt's replaced by is recorded as Egypt in the Middle Ages[21].
  • Roman Egypt's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in the history of Roman Egypt[22].
  • Roman Egypt's demonym is recorded as Egyptian[23].
  • Roman Egypt's native label is recorded as Provincia Aegypti[24].
  • Roman Egypt's native label is recorded as Ⲙⲏⲥⲣⲁ[25].
  • Roman Egypt's native label is recorded as Ἐπαρχία Αἰγύπτου[26].
  • Roman Egypt's category of associated people is recorded as Category:Roman-era Egyptians[27].

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Geography

Country listings include Ancient Rome[3], a historical country[28], founded in -0753[29]; Byzantine Empire[4], an empire[30], in Roman Empire[31], founded in 0395[32]; and Ancient Egypt[5], an ancient civilization[33], in Egypt[34], founded in -4000[35]. Roman Egypt is on the continent of Africa[6].

Designation and Status

Roman Egypt's instance of is recorded as Roman province[7].

History and Context

30 BC marks the founding of Roman Egypt[13].

Why It Matters

Roman Egypt ranks in the top 3% of roman_province entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,554 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Roman province in Egypt (30 BCE–641 CE)
    Native label → Provincia Aegypti, Ⲙⲏⲥⲣⲁ, Ἐπαρχία Αἰγύπτου
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +0642-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P576]]: 642"
  2. 15w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → Provincia Aegypti, Ⲙⲏⲥⲣⲁ, Ἐπαρχία Αἰγύπτου
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: ⲙⲏⲥⲣⲁ"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Alexandria
    Start time → —
    Instance of → Roman province
    Wikidata description → Roman province in Egypt (30 BCE–641 CE)
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533496205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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