History of Alexandria - Wikipedia
After its foundation, Alexandria became the seat of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, and quickly grew to be one of the greatest cities of the Hellenistic world. Only Rome, which gained control of Egypt in 30 BC, eclipsed Alexandria in size and wealth. The city fell to the Arabs in AD 641, and a new capital of Egypt, Fustat, was founded on the Nile.
Alexandria, Egypt - World History Encyclopedia
2023年7月18日 · Alexandria is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt founded in 331 BCE by Alexander the Great. It was the site of the Pharos (lighthouse), one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the legendary Library of Alexandria and was once the most vital cultural center of the ancient world, rivaling even Athens, Greece.
Alexandria - Wikipedia
The city was a major centre of early Christianity and was the centre of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, which was one of the major centres of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire. In the modern world, the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria both lay claim to this ancient heritage.
Classical Alexandria - Wikipedia
Classical Alexandria was the period between the foundation of the city of Alexandria in April 331 BC by Alexander the Great and its fall in 619 AD to the Sassanid Empire.
History of Alexandria - Encyclopedia Britannica
2024年11月7日 · In 30 bce Octavian (later the emperor Augustus) formally brought Alexandria and Egypt under Roman rule. The city held the key to the Egyptian granary on which Rome increasingly came to rely. St. Mark, author of the second gospel in the New Testament, is said to have preached in Alexandria in the mid-1st century ce.
Alexandria Portal
As a Greek city founded by Alexander the Great and later ruled by the Ptolemies and the Romans, Alexandria was populated by the Greeks who were its main citizens, followed by others who were deemed worthy of enjoying its citizenship. Under Roman rule, Alexandrian citizenship was a privilege only granted by the Emperor himself.
Alexandria | The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt - Oxford …
Founded in 331 bce by Alexander the Great on the north coast of Egypt just west of the Canopic branch of the Nile, Alexandria ad Aegyptum (‘Alexandria by, or near, Egypt’) was conceived as a Greek city .
Alexandria - Ancient Egypt Online
When the Roman empire split, Egypt was a part of the Byzantine Empire. The Arabs conquered Alexandria in the late seventh century. Scholars have found it difficult to learn about the city during each phase of its existence, because of the modern city.
HISTORY OF ALEXANDRIA | Historyworld
By the time of the Roman empire, a few centuries later, the organ is a familiar and popular instrument - playing a prominent part in public games and circuses as well as private banquets. The emperor Nero , an enthusiastic performer, is proud of his talents on the organ.
Alexandria | Roman Archaeology
Alexandria has a reputation of having been the intellectual hub of the Roman empire. Scholars, mathematicians, and philosophers were plentiful here, and the city was one of the largest in the empire, being second only to Rome.