Sasanian Egypt

Agiptus
Province of the Sasanian Empire
← 619–629 →
Capital		Alexandria
Historical era		Antiquity
•	Sasanian conquest of Egypt	619
•	Status quo ante bellum	629
Today part of		Egypt  Libya

Sasanian Egypt (known in Middle Persian sources as Agiptus) refers to the brief rule of Roman Egypt and parts of Libya by the Sasanian Empire.

It lasted from 619 to 629, until the Sasanian king Shahrbaraz made an alliance with the Byzantine emperor Heraclius to have control over Greco-Roman Egypt returned to him.

See also

• History of Achaemenid Egypt

Sources

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