Alexandria and Roman Egypt: Graeco-Roman to Late Antique Art (30 BCE–395 CE)

1. Egypt annexed as a Roman province

   Jan 1, 30 BCELabels: Roman Egypt, Alexandria, Equestrian Prefect

   • Britannica
   • UCL Digital Egypt

2. Augustan-era imperial building patronage in Alexandria

   Jan 1, 27 BCELabels: Augustus, Alexandria, Imperial Cult

   • Britannica
   • Caesareum

3. Fayum mummy portrait tradition begins and spreads

   Jan 1, 1 BCELabels: Fayum Portraits, Encaustic Painting, Funerary Art

   • Britannica
   • Met Museum

4. Fayum portrait production flourishes in 1st–3rd centuries

   Jan 1, 100Labels: Fayum Portraits, Roman Egypt, Panel Painting

   • Met Museum
   • Britannica

5. Antinoüs drowns; cult imagery expands across Egypt

   Oct 30, 130Labels: Antino s, Hadrian, Imperial Cult

   • Hadrian
   • Antinous

6. Antinoöpolis founded as a new Hellenic-style city

   Oct 30, 130Labels: Antino polis, Hadrian, Urban Planning

   • Antino polis
   • Antinous

7. Constitutio Antoniniana broadens citizenship and visual self-representation

   Jan 1, 212Labels: Constitutio Antoniniana, Caracalla, Roman Citizenship

   • Constitutio de
   • Constitutio

8. Diocletian’s reforms restructure Egyptian administration

   Jan 1, 298Labels: Diocletian, Provincial Reforms, Alexandria Prefecture

   • UCL Digital Egypt
   • Cambridge CAH

9. Edict on Maximum Prices issued; copies set up in the East

   Jan 1, 301Labels: Edict on, Diocletian, Public Inscriptions

   • Price Edict

10. Crete earthquake and tsunami damage Alexandria and the Delta

    Jul 21, 365Labels: 365 Earthquake, Alexandria, Nile Delta

    • 365 quake
    • Nature SR

11. Caesareum converted into a Christian church

    Jan 1, 380Labels: Caesareum, Christian Conversion, Alexandria

    • Caesareum

12. Serapeum of Alexandria destroyed amid anti-pagan measures

    Jan 1, 391Labels: Serapeum, Anti-pagan Measures, Alexandria

    • Theodosius I
    • Britannica

13. Theodosius I dies; empire divided between his sons

    Jan 17, 395Labels: Theodosius I, Imperial Division, Eastern Roman

    • Theodosius I
    • Britannica