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Roman annexation of Egypt (30 BC)
On the Ancient Rome map as “Egypt annexed”
30 BC — Antony and Cleopatra die by their own hands. Their deaths bring the Ptolemies’ 300-year kingdom to an end: Egypt becomes the emperor’s private estate and a granary for Rome.
When 30 BC Type Turning point Chapter Augustus and the Roman Principate (chapter 6 of Ancient Rome)Atlas The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476 TURNING POINT · THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME, 264 BC – AD 476 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 · Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities: Roman Period · The Metropolitan Museum: The Roman Republic · Natural Earth physical coastlines and rivers
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, and reprojected by Maps of History; dated adjustments are recorded per layer.. CC BY 4.0 Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities: beginning of Roman administration, 30 BC.. Historical evidence citation; no prose or map copied Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2000).. Historical evidence citation; no prose or map copied Made with Natural Earth. Modern physical geography is a coastline/river reference, not evidence of ancient sovereignty.. Public domain After the 30 BC annexation, Egypt is assigned to Roman rule using the source Ptolemaic outline.
Displayed geometry: -30 (s30); chapter framing: -30. The map shows the moment selected for the chapter, even when the chapter spans several events.
proxy: 144–127 BC Pergamene domain reference · reconstruction: 30 BC · reconstruction: Modern physical shoreline reference · vector: -31 to -26 · vector: -31 to 0 · vector: -36 to -28 · vector: -36 to 0 · vector: -36 to 22 · vector: -41 to -28 · vector: -42 to 77 · vector: -49 to -28 · vector: -50 to -28 · vector: -63 to -26 · vector: -63 to 113 · vector: -63 to 116 · vector: -63 to 22 · vector: -63 to 59 · vector: -63 to 67 · vector: -630 to 337
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