Clysma
Sign in to saveClysma (; ; ) was an ancient city and bishopric in Egypt. It was located at the head of the Gulf of Suez.
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- Clysma
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- Egypt
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- Suez, Suez Governorate, Egypt
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- Settlement
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Clysma (; ; ) was an ancient city and bishopric in Egypt. It was located at the head of the Gulf of Suez.
==History== Clysma was founded or rebuilt by Emperor Trajan in the second century AD to protect travellers and merchants as it lay at the junction of roads from Sinai, Palestine, and Egypt. This was done in conjunction with the construction of the Amnis Traianus, a canal that linked the Nile and the Red Sea and had its outlet near Clysma. It has been suggested that the port was used for the exportation of textiles and grain produced in the Arsinoite nome as they were better adapted to transportation via the Amnis Traianus to Clysma than overland to the southern ports of Berenice Troglodytica and Myos Hormos.
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