Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt

E5361

era in Egyptian history historical period

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt was the period when Egypt was successively ruled by the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty and then incorporated into the Roman Empire, marked by a fusion of Egyptian, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Egypt	39
Greco-Roman Egypt	9
Roman Period in Egypt	5
Roman period in Egypt	5
End of the Ptolemaic Kingdom	1
Greco‑Roman Egypt	1
Greek and Roman Egypt	1
Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt	1
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt canonical	1
Roman Egypt (early phase)	1
Roman conquest of Egypt	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in Egyptian history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
capital	Alexandria ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
demographics	multiethnic population ⓘ
economy	Mediterranean trade ⓘ grain production ⓘ
endTime	AD 641 ⓘ
followedBy	Byzantine Egypt ⓘ
follows	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Macedonian Egypt
hasMajorCity	Alexandria ⓘ Memphis ⓘ Pelusium ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
hasPart	Byzantine Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egypt under the Dominate Egypt under the Principate ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman Egypt
hasSignificantEvent	Battle of Actium ⓘ Council of Alexandria (AD 362) ⓘ Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria ⓘ Muslim conquest of Egypt ⓘ Byzantine Egypt ⓘ surface form: Persian occupation of Egypt (AD 619–629) Roman annexation of Egypt ⓘ foundation of Alexandria ⓘ reign of Cleopatra VII ⓘ spread of Christianity in Egypt ⓘ
knownFor	Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ surface form: Library of Alexandria Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria development of the cult of Serapis ⓘ fusion of Egyptian, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures ⓘ
languageUsed	Egyptian ⓘ Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalSystem	combination of Greek, Egyptian, and Roman law ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Classical antiquity ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Late antiquity ⓘ
partOf	Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic world Roman Empire ⓘ
religion	Hellenistic religion ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
rulingPower	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
startTime	30 BC ⓘ 305 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Dendur → era → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

Alexandria → wasCapitalOf → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt → hasPart → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Nile Valley cultural landscape → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Desert Fathers → country → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Athanasius of Alexandria → birthPlace → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Pharaonic Egypt → followedBy → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Ptolemaic Kingdom → followedBy → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Origen → birthPlace → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Byzantine Egypt → follows → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Byzantine Egypt → precededBy → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Saqqara necropolis → periodOfUse → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Arius → historicalRegion → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Ta-Mehu → laterIntegratedInto → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Plotinus → birthPlace → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Roman navy → supported → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman conquest of Egypt

Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria → location → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Nile Valley → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Department of Egyptian Antiquities → hasCollectionScope → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman period in Egypt

Shenoute of Atripe → countryInAntiquity → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

John Cassian → countryOfActivity → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Egyptology → studiesPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

ankh → periodOfUse → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Canopus → locatedInTime → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Temple of Hathor at Dendera → period → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Pharaoh → periodOfUse → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt (early phase)

Life of Antony → setting → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Ra → worshipPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Ancient Egyptian religion → timePeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Period in Egypt

Orestes, prefect of Alexandria → region → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Akhmim → wasImportantIn → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Antinoopolis → partOf → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Birth House (Mammisi) → periodOfDevelopment → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Period in Egypt

Karmouz district → historicalPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman period in Egypt

Kiosk of Trajan → heritageContext → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt

White Crown → periodOfUse → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Period in Egypt

Kom El Shoqafa → heritage → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt

Mandulis → culture → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt

Bab al-Kalabsha → historicalPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt

Amud el-Sawari → culturalContext → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt

Buto → laterIncorporatedInto → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek and Roman Egypt

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization → heritageScope → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco‑Roman Egypt

Tell el-Farama → relatedAncientCulture → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt

Final War of the Roman Republic → result → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: End of the Ptolemaic Kingdom

Djehuty → worshipPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman period in Egypt

Herakleopolis Magna → historicalPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman period in Egypt

Corpus Hermeticum → placeOfOrigin → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Hermopolis → timePeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Syncletica of Alexandria → countryOfOrigin → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt

Ra-Horakhty → worshippedInPeriod → Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Egypt