Thebaid

Provincia Thebais
Θηβαΐς
ἐπαρχία Θηβαΐδος
Province of the Byzantine Empire, Diocese of Egypt
c. 293 AD–641 AD
Map of the late Roman Diocese of Egypt, with Thebais in the south.
CapitalPtolemais
Historical eraLate Antiquity
• Division by emperor Diocletian
c. 293 AD
612–628 AD
641 AD
Today part ofEgypt

The Thebaid or Thebais (Ancient Greek: Θηβαΐς, Thēbaïs) was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan.