The River of Trajan
The River of Trajan
Trajan's reign has been characterized as one of reforms generated by a visionary speculation that conceived of a unified political and military system for the Roman empire. Trajan constituted a defining moment in the making of Old Cairo and the topography of the entire city of Cairo. He built a harbor stone and incorporated the entrance to a great canal, which he named after himself, Amnis Traianus. This canal linked the Nile to the Red Sea and opened a direct trade route between Mediterranean and the East. The origins of Trajan's canal lie in a much earlier Holocene eastern branch channel of the Nile that flowed through the Wadi Tumilat toward the depression of Lake Timsah.
Keywords: Trajan, Old Cairo, Roman empire, Nile, canal, Amnis Traianus, topography, Red Sea, trade route
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