Roman invasion of Egypt

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military campaign war

The Roman invasion of Egypt was the 30 BC military campaign in which Octavian’s forces defeated Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, ending the Ptolemaic Kingdom and bringing Egypt under Roman rule.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Annexation of Egypt by Rome	1
Roman annexation of Egypt	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ war ⓘ
broughtUnderControlOf	Octavian NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyPosition	final major campaign of the Roman Republic ⓘ
combatant	forces of Cleopatra VII ⓘ forces of Mark Antony ⓘ forces of Octavian ⓘ
commandedBy	Octavian NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Final War of the Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
endedPoliticalEntity	Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	30 BC ⓘ
followedBy	establishment of the Roman province of Aegyptus ⓘ rise of Octavian as Augustus ⓘ
hasCause	defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium ⓘ
hasEffect	annexation of Egypt as a Roman province ⓘ beginning of Roman rule in Egypt ⓘ consolidation of Octavian’s power ⓘ end of the Hellenistic period in Egypt ⓘ end of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ suicide of Cleopatra VII ⓘ suicide of Mark Antony ⓘ
historicalRegion	Ptolemaic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainTheater	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Cleopatra VII NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcomeForRuler	Cleopatra VII loses her throne ⓘ
outcomeForTerritory	Egypt becomes a Roman imperial possession ⓘ
partOf	Final War of the Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfBroaderConflict	Roman civil wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Actium NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire ⓘ
result	Egypt becomes personal domain of Octavian NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ death of Ptolemaic rulers ⓘ
significantEvent	capture of Alexandria by Octavian ⓘ siege of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFigure	Cleopatra VII NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Cornelius Gallus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ Octavian NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	30 BC ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Roman declaration of war on Cleopatra VII → followedBy → Roman invasion of Egypt ⓘ

Ptolemaic navy → dissolvedFollowing → Roman invasion of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman annexation of Egypt

Final War of the Roman Republic → result → Roman invasion of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Annexation of Egypt by Rome