Ancient Rome · TURNING POINT · 30 BC
Roman annexation of Egypt (30 BC)
On the Ancient Rome map as “Egypt annexed”
30 BC — Antony and Cleopatra die by their own hands; the Ptolemies’ 300-year kingdom becomes the emperor’s private estate — and Rome’s granary.
- 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
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