<P> The Roman province of Egypt ( Latin : Aegyptus , pronounced ( ae̯ˈɡʏptʊs ) ; Greek : Αἴγυπτος Aigyptos ( ɛ́ːɡyptos ) ) was established in 30 BC after Octavian ( the future emperor Augustus ) defeated his rival Mark Antony , deposed Queen Cleopatra VII , and annexed the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt to the Roman Empire . The province encompassed most of modern - day Egypt except for the Sinai Peninsula ( which would later be conquered by Trajan ) . Aegyptus was bordered by the provinces of Creta et Cyrenaica to the West and Iudaea ( later Arabia Petraea ) to the East . </P>
<P> The Roman province of Egypt ( Latin : Aegyptus , pronounced ( ae̯ˈɡʏptʊs ) ; Greek : Αἴγυπτος Aigyptos ( ɛ́ːɡyptos ) ) was established in 30 BC after Octavian ( the future emperor Augustus ) defeated his rival Mark Antony , deposed Queen Cleopatra VII , and annexed the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt to the Roman Empire . The province encompassed most of modern - day Egypt except for the Sinai Peninsula ( which would later be conquered by Trajan ) . Aegyptus was bordered by the provinces of Creta et Cyrenaica to the West and Iudaea ( later Arabia Petraea ) to the East . </P>
when did egypt become part of the roman empire
when did egypt become part of the roman empire
30 BC
30 BC