place
Aegypti regnum
also: kingdom of Egypt
Ptolemaic Egypt, in Cicero's day still an independent kingdom under the later Ptolemies, though increasingly Roman client and the subject of repeated annexation rumours. The kingdom is named in In Verrem 2.4 in connection with the candelabrum sent to the Capitoline by Antiochus IV's heirs.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §5.87 why did Plato travel through Egypt
A traditional (and largely legendary) account of Plato's study-travels to learn astronomy and mathematics from Egyptian priests. Cicero adduces it to show the lengths philosophers went to in pursuit of the happy life.