Roman invasion of Egypt

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
war ⓘ
broughtUnderControlOf Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus

Roman Republic ⓘ
chronologyPosition final major campaign of the Roman Republic ⓘ
combatant forces of Cleopatra VII ⓘ
forces of Mark Antony ⓘ
forces of Octavian ⓘ
commandedBy Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
conflict Final War of the Roman Republic ⓘ
countryInvolved Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman Republic ⓘ
endedPoliticalEntity Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
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 ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
location Alexandria ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
mainTheater Alexandria ⓘ
opposedBy Cleopatra VII ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
outcomeForRuler Cleopatra VII loses her throne ⓘ
outcomeForTerritory Egypt becomes a Roman imperial possession ⓘ
partOf Final War of the Roman Republic ⓘ
partOfBroaderConflict Roman civil wars ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Actium ⓘ
relatedTo transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire ⓘ
result Egypt becomes personal domain of Octavian ⓘ
Roman victory ⓘ
death of Ptolemaic rulers ⓘ
significantEvent capture of Alexandria by Octavian ⓘ
siege of Alexandria ⓘ
significantFigure Cleopatra VII ⓘ
Gaius Cornelius Gallus ⓘ
Mark Antony ⓘ
Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
startTime 30 BC ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BC ⓘ

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Roman declaration of war on Cleopatra VII → followedBy → Roman invasion of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemaic navy → dissolvedFollowing → Roman annexation of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Roman invasion of Egypt
Final War of the Roman Republic → result → Annexation of Egypt by Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman invasion of Egypt
Ptolemaios XV Kaisar → relatedEvent → Roman annexation of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Roman invasion of Egypt
House of Ptolemy → endEvent → Roman annexation of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Roman invasion of Egypt