Kainepolis, Egypt

Kainepolis or Caenepolis (Ancient Greek: Καινὴ πόλις),[1] also called Caene or Kaine (Καινή), was a town of ancient Egypt. It was the southernmost town of the Panopolite nome in the Thebaid of Egypt. It stood upon the eastern bank of the Nile, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Coptos. Herodotus mentions a town Neapolis (Νέη πόλις), near Chemmis in Upper Egypt, which is probably the same with Caenepolis.[2][3] The town later bore the name Maximianopolis (Μαξιμιανοῦ Πόλις).[4] Panopolis, which was north of Chemmis, at one period went by the name of Caene or Caenepolis. [citation needed]

Its site is located near the modern Qena.[5][4]

According to the Notitia Dignitatum the town was the station of Ala III Dromedariorum (a Roman auxiliary unit consisting of Dromedarii).[6]

  1. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 4.5.72.
  2. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 2.91.
  3. ^ Mannert, vol. 10.1, p. 371.
  4. ^ a b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 80, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. ^ DuBois, Michael (2016). Auxillae. Lulu Enterprises, Inc. ISBN 9781329637580., p. 444