DODECASCHOENUS
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 [
W.B.D]