Dodecaschoenus
Δωδεκάσχοινος
Dodecaschoenus (Δωδεκάσχοινος), district between Egypt and Aethiopia, which derived its name from its comprising xii σχοῖνοι or 120 stadia == 18 geographical miles of land. (Ptol. 4.5.74; Hdt. 2.29.) The northern frontier of this region was at Philae, and the southern at Pscelcis (Dakkeh), the furthest point at which any monumental vestiges of Macedonian, or Roman dominion have been found. Under the later emperors, indeed, the province of Dodecaschoenus extended to Hiera-Sycaminos, in lat. 22° N. In the Roman era Dodecaschoenus was attached to the prefecture of Upper Egypt. The principal cities of Dodecaschoenus have been enumerated under AEGYPTUS
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.