ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Aegyptus (Roman province)

Ok kiddo, so a long long time ago, there was a place called Egypt, it was a really cool place with lots of buildings, pyramids, and sand.

One day, some people from a country called Rome decided they wanted to take over Egypt and make it their own. So they sent an army there and fought with the people who lived in Egypt.

After the fighting was over, the Romans won and they started ruling Egypt as their own place. They called it a Roman province, which basically means it was like a state or a region of the big empire that Rome had.

The Romans were really good at organizing things, so they made sure that everything in Egypt was run smoothly. They set up new laws, institutions, and they even built some new buildings. There were also some Roman soldiers who stayed in Egypt to make sure everything was safe and peaceful.

Over time, the people of Egypt started adopting some of the Roman ways of life, like speaking Latin, the language of the Romans, and worshiping some of their gods.

But even though the Romans were in charge, they still respected the Egyptian culture and traditions. So people living in Egypt could still use their own language, wear their own clothes, and practice their own religion.

Eventually, the Roman empire started to decline and get weaker, and by the 5th century, Egypt became part of another empire. But for a few hundred years, Egypt was a really important Roman province, where lots of interesting things happened!