Provincia Arcadia Aegypti ἐπαρχία Αρκαδίας Αιγύπτου | |
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province of the Roman Empire | |
After 386–640s | |
Diocese of Egypt, c. 400 | |
Capital | Oxyrhynchus |
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]