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in the second century AD to protect travellers and merchants as it lay at the junction of roads from Sinai, Palestine, and Egypt. This was done in conjunction with the construction of the
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in the late third century temporarily disrupted trade at the southern ports and led to an increase of trade at Clysma which reached its peak in the fourth and fifth centuries. A
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Mayerson, Philip (1996). "The Port of Clysma (Suez) in Transition from Roman to Arab Rule".
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had Clysma provide twenty vessels to the king of Ethiopia in his war with the king of
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The nearby Mountain of Antony, also known as the Mountain of Clysma, was inhabited by
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likely first entered the Roman Empire through the port of Clysma, and thus spread to
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Rome's Eastern Trade: International Commerce and Imperial Policy 31 BC - AD 305
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The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa
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were stationed at the city. Clysma is also described in the works of
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Tsiamis, Costas; Poulakou-Rebelakou, Effie; Petridou, Eleni (2009).
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Auxillae: A Compendium of Non-Legionary Units of the Roman Empire
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Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard (1958.07.01 – 1960.06.27)
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in 553. The Roman Catholic Church nominally revived Clysma as a
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The diocese of Clysma was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of
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in the mid-2nd century, in which he described Clysma as a
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Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypte
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Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P. (1930.06.25 – 1955.01.01)
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as they were better adapted to transportation via the
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In response to an appeal for aid, in c. 525, Emperor
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Paul-Jules-Narcisse Rémond (1921.04.09 – 1930.05.20)
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Index

Ancient Greek
Clysma is located in Egypt
Suez
Suez Governorate
29°57′16.6″N 32°34′26.3″E / 29.954611°N 32.573972°E / 29.954611; 32.573972
Greek
romanized
lit.
Coptic
Arabic
romanized
Gulf of Suez
Trajan
Amnis Traianus
Arsinoite
nome
Berenice Troglodytica
Myos Hormos
Lucian
Ptolemy
Geographia
phrourion
Hierocles
kastron
Epiphanius of Salamis
Eusebius
Philostorgius
Eugenios of Clysma
anchorites
John the Dwarf

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