Sasanian Egypt

Agiptus
Province of the Sasanian Empire
619–629
Capital	Alexandria
Historical era	Antiquity
• Sasanian conquest of Egypt	619
•	619
• Status quo ante bellum	629
Preceded by Succeeded by Egypt (Roman province) Egypt (Roman province)
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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