Claim: Thebaid (part of Egypt) was planned to have the capital Ptolemais and it was in the Late Antiquity Era.
Evidence: The Thebaid or Thebais (Greek: Θηβαΐς, Thēbaïs) was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos to Aswan. Ptolemais Late Antiquity