The Decline of the Roman Empire in Egypt

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After the assassination of Commodus , the Roman legions began to propose their candidates and a state of chaos dominated throughout the Empire , until Septimius Severus beat Pescennius Niger . Severus visited Egypt and ordered the restoration of the city council (Boule) , not only in Alexandria but also in all the capitals inside Egypt .
Antoninus (Caracalla) continued the calm politics of his father and decided to give the Roman citizenship to all of the Empire's nations . But when Caracalla visited Egypt , he did not like the fact that the Alexandrians were fans of irony and criticism . Therefore , he ordered his troops to punish them , which in return caused a lot of destruction .
Post-Caracalla period witnessed a fighting among the Roman generals over the succession until Diocletian . During this period , Egypt was no longer important to the Roman Empire because of the impoverishment and depletion of it resources . Egypt became even the destination of the repudiated by Rome .
Zenobia , the wife of Odenathus (the late governor of Palmyra) invaded Egypt with an army of 70000 soldiers . In Alexandria , her army declared his son , Vaballathus , emperor . Aureliano recognized Vaballathus as a partner , but very soon the war broke out between them and the former was able to conquer Palmyra and captivate Queen Zenobia .
In the meantime , a new different threat appeared . The new Christian Religion which predicated fraternity and redemption , spread in Egypt and in many other provinces of the Empire . The Egyptianized Greeks easily adopted the new religion believing that it had much resemblance with their Holy Trinity and its values represented by redemption , salvation , resurrection , passive resistance , and equity between humans .