Roman Egypt

Egypt (30 BC–AD 641)
AdministrativeArea roman_province Q202311
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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 (2,992 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 on the continent of Africa[5].
  • Roman Egypt's instance of is recorded as Roman province[6].
  • Roman Egypt's capital is recorded as Alexandria[7].
  • Roman Egypt's shares border with is recorded as Creta et Cyrenaica[8].
  • Roman Egypt's shares border with is recorded as Judaea[9].
  • Roman Egypt's shares border with is recorded as Arabia Petraea[10].
  • Roman Egypt's Commons category is recorded as Roman Egypt[11].
  • 30 BC marks the founding of Roman Egypt[12].
  • Roman Egypt began on 30 BC[13].
  • Roman Egypt ended on 642[14].
  • Roman Egypt's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 28, 'lon': 32.1}[15].
  • Roman Egypt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roman Egypt[16].
  • Roman Egypt's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic:civilization=roman_and_byzantine_egyptian[17].
  • Roman Egypt's replaces is recorded as Ptolemaic Kingdom[18].
  • Roman Egypt's replaced by is recorded as Sasanian Egypt[19].
  • Roman Egypt's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in the history of Roman Egypt[20].
  • Roman Egypt's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Aegyptus'}[21].
  • Roman Egypt's category of associated people is recorded as Category:Roman-era Egyptians[22].
  • Roman Egypt's different from is recorded as Egipte[23].
  • Roman Egypt dates from the Roman Empire[24].

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Geography

Country listings include Ancient Rome[3], a historical country[25], founded in -0753[26] and Byzantine Empire[4], an empire[27], in Roman Empire[28], founded in 0395[29]. Roman Egypt is on the continent of Africa[5].

Designation and Status

Roman Egypt's instance of is recorded as Roman province[6].

History and Context

30 BC marks the founding of Roman Egypt[12].

Why It Matters

Roman Egypt ranks in the top 3% of roman_province entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,992 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital Alexandria
    Start time
    Instance of Roman province
    Wikidata description Egypt (30 BC–AD 641)
    + 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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