Thebais (Egypt)

Map of the Roman Dioecesis Aegypti

Thebaïs ( ancient Greek Θηβαϊς Thebaïs ) was the name given to the area around the city of Thebes in Egypt in ancient times . This is where the Thebaic hermits settled in the rocky desert near the city in early Christian times , who were named after the area as well as pictures showing the life of the hermits .

After the territorial reform of Egypt under the Roman Emperor Diocletian in 297, Thebaïs was one of the four Egyptian provinces alongside Aegyptus and Lybia . The Thebais was later divided into the provinces Thebais Superior and Thebais Inferior . In the late 4th century it became part of the Dioecesis Aegypti .

GB Bison : La Tebaide

Roman auxiliary units

During the Roman Empire , the following auxiliary units were recruited on the territory of the Thebais:

• Cohors I Thebaeorum
• Cohors II Thebaeorum

literature

• Joachim Latacz : Thebais. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01470-3 , Sp. 294 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Gemoll, Heinz Kronasser, Karl Vretska: Greek-German school and hand dictionary. 9th edition, Freytag, Munich 1965.