place
Aegyptus
Egypt
The Roman province of Egypt, governed by an equestrian prefect; Helvia's brother-in-law held it for sixteen years.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §19 governed Egypt
The province of Egypt, where Helvia's sister's husband served as prefect for sixteen years while she shunned all public notice.
- On the Shortness of Life §4.5 Egypt
The kingdom of Cleopatra, taken by Augustus after Actium (30 BC).
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §19.115.8 Egyptian sands
Egypt, source of prized coloured marbles (the speckled granites and porphyries) quarried in its desert and shipped to Rome.
- Natural Questions §4.2.1 Egypt
The land whose life depends wholly on the Nile's annual flood.
- Octavia §510 unchaste Egypt
Egypt, the kingdom of Cleopatra, where Antony took his life; styled 'unchaste' for that liaison.