https://www.academia.edu/37390902/Babylon_of_Egypt_the_reconstruction_of_the_diocletianic_fortress
Location:
- Egypt, Giza
- geo:30.006912,31.231428
- Location ± 25-100 m.
Period or year:
- 1~ / unknown
Class:
- City
- invisible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=2963
- pleiades:place=727082
- wikidata:entity=Q2421968
- omnesviae:id=TPPlace423
Annotations
Roman settlement, the Coptic quarter of modern Cairo
Nearby
Roman Rd
Roman Rd
Bizantine Bridge
Bizantine Bridge
Siege of Babylon Fortress
The Babylon Fortress, a major military stronghold of the Byzantine Empire in Egypt, was captured by forces of the Rashidun Caliphate after a prolonged siege in 640.