Roman emperors attested in Egypt

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Roman Emperors
30 BC — 313 AD
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Following Octavian's defeat of Cleopatra in 30 BC, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.

Egypt became the personal possession of the emperor, who ruled it through a prefect appointed directly by him, reflecting its strategic and economic importance, especially with regard to supplying grain to Rome. While the use of hieroglyphs gradually declined as Greek and Coptic scripts became more prevalent, they persisted in temple inscriptions and religious texts until around the 4th century CE. The last known hieroglyphic inscription, at the Temple of Isis at Philae, dates to 394 CE.

Roman Pharaohs

The chronological order

Table 1: Roman Empersor with hieroglyphic names
№ Emperor Also known as
1AugustusImperator Caesar Divi Filius Augustus
2TiberiusTiberius Caesar Divi Augusti Fīlius Augustus
3CaligulaGaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
4ClaudiusTiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
5NeroNero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
6GalbaServius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus
7OthoMarcus Salvius Otho Caesar Augustus
8VespasianusVespsian, Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus
9TitusTitus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus Augustus
10DomitianusDomitian, Titus Flavius Caesar Domitianus Augustus
11NervaMarcus Cocceius Nerva Caesar Augustus
12TrajanusTrajan, Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus
13HadrianusHadrian, Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus
14Antoninus PiusTitus Fulvus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius
15Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
16Lucius VerusLucius Aurelius Verus Augustus
17CommodusMarcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus
18Septimius SeverusLucius Septimius Severus Augustus
19CaracallaMarcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus
20GetaPublius Septimius Geta Augustus
21MacrinusMarcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus
22DiadumenianusDiadumenian, Marcus Opellius Antoninus Diadumenianus
23Philippus ArabsPhilip the Arab, Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus
24Trajanus DeciusDecius, Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
25ValerianusValerian, Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus
26ProbusMarcus Aurelius Probus Augustus
27DiocletianusDiocletian, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus
28MaximianusMaximian, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius Augustus
29GaleriusGaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus Augustus
30Maximinus DaiaMaximinus II, Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus Daia Augustus