Editing Germanicus (section)

====Egypt====
[[File:Nicolas Poussin 019.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Nicolas Poussin]], ''[[The Death of Germanicus]]'' (1627), oil painting. Collection [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]].<ref>{{harvnb|Facos|2011|p=33}}.</ref>]]
He then made his way to [[Egypt (Roman province)|Egypt]], arriving to a tumultuous reception in January AD 19. He had gone there to relieve a famine in the country vital to Rome's food supply. The move upset Tiberius, because it had violated an order by Augustus that no senator shall enter the province without consulting the emperor and the Senate (Egypt was an [[imperial province]], and belonged to the emperor).<ref group="note">That he violated this order is possibly confirmed by the fact that the trip is omitted in Germanicus' ''[[res gestae]]'' in the ''Senatus Consultum de memoria honoranda Germanini Caesaris'', a commemorative decree issued by the Senate and approved by Tiberius following his death {{harv|Lott|2012|p=343}}.</ref> Germanicus entered the province in his capacity as proconsul without first seeking permission to do so. He returned to Syria by summer, where he found that Piso had either ignored or revoked his orders to the cities and legions. Germanicus in turn ordered Piso's recall to Rome, although this action was probably beyond his authority.<ref name=Lott343/><ref>{{harvnb|Shotter|2004|p=38}}.</ref>