Arab-Muslim Conquest of Egypt
639–642 CE — Forces commanded by Amr ibn al-As invade Byzantine Egypt during the early Islamic conquests. Byzantine resistance collapses gradually, and Alexandria eventually passes under ...
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639–642 CE — Forces commanded by Amr ibn al-As invade Byzantine Egypt during the early Islamic conquests. Byzantine resistance collapses gradually, and Alexandria eventually passes under ...
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395–641 CE — Egypt becomes part of the eastern Roman Empire centered on Constantinople, later called Byzantine. Alexandria remains one of Christianity's major intellectual centers. Intens...
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Geta, co-emperor of the Roman Empire alongside his brother Caracalla, was assassinated in Alexandria under political tension and rivalry. The murder occurred shortly after Caracalla conso...
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30 BCE — Octavian captures Alexandria after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra. Egypt becomes a Roman province under unusually close imperial supervision because of its enormous agricultu...
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30 BCE–395 CE — Egypt remains one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest provinces. Alexandria continues as a major commercial and intellectual center while traditional Egyptian temples functio...
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30 BCE — Ancient writers indicate that Cleopatra and Mark Antony were buried together, but their burial place has never been securely identified. Archaeologists have explored several poss...
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305–30 BCE — The Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt after the fragmentation of Alexander's empire. Its kings present themselves simultaneously as Hellenistic monarchs and Egyptian p...
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331 BCE — Alexander establishes Alexandria on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. Under his successors, the city becomes one of the greatest centers of trade and scholarship in the ancient world...
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