Arcadia (Egypt)

Map of the Roman Dioecesis Aegypti with the location of Arcadia

Arcadia , also Arcadia Aegypti ( Greek Αρκαδια Αίγυπτου ) was a Roman province in Egypt . It originated from part of the old province of Augustamnica . It became extinct with the Arab conquest of Egypt in the 640s.

history

The province was spun off from the Augustamnica province between 386 and approx. 395 and named after the Byzantine regent Arcadius (emperor 395-408). It largely comprised the historical region of Heptanomis ("Seven Nomoi "). Hermopolis in Thebais was also assigned to the province.

According to the Notitia Dignitatum , Arcadia was one of six provinces of the Dioecesis Aegypti . She was subordinate to a governor with the rank of Praeses .

Titular dioceses

The Catholic Church runs some of the province's former bishopric seats as titular bishoprics .

In the Annuario Pontificio , several dioceses are run as titular bishopric seats:

Oxyrhynchus , metropolis and archbishopric, probably also the administrative center Alphocranon (Helwan) Aphroditopolis (Atfih) Arsinoë in Arcadia (Faiyum) Cynopolis in Arcadia (El-Queis? Cheikh-Fadl?)	Heracleopolis Magna Memphis Nilopolis Theodosiopolis in Arcadia (Taha-el-Amudein)

literature

• Richard Pietschmann : Arkadia 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 1137.
• James K. Keenan: Egypt. In: Averil Cameron , Bryan Ward-Perkins , Michael Whitby (Eds.): The Cambridge Ancient History . Volume 14: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425-600. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 978-0-521-32591-2 , pp. 612-637 ( online ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard JA Talbert (Ed.): Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World . Princeton University Press, Princeton (NJ) 2000, ISBN 0-691-03169-X , p. 102.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Keenan (2000), p. 613.
3. ↑ Notitia Dignitatum, in partibus Orientis, I
4. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1 , pp. 819-1013.