Arcadia Aegypti

Provincia Arcadia Aegypti
ἐπαρχία Αρκαδίας Αιγύπτου
province of the Roman Empire
After 386–640s

Diocese of Egypt, c. 400
CapitalOxyrhynchus
History 
• Established
After 386
• Disestablished
640s
Today part of Egypt

Arcadia or Arcadia Aegypti was a Late Roman province in northern Egypt. It was named for one of the reigning Augusti of the Roman Empire, Arcadius (r. 383–408) of the Theodosian dynasty when it was created in the late 4th century. Its capital was Oxyrhynchus and its territory encompassed the Arsinoite nome and the "Heptanomia" ("seven nomes") region.[1]

  1. ^ Keenan, James (2018), Nicholson, Oliver (ed.), "Arcadia", The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-866277-8, retrieved 2020-12-29