The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Location
Alexandria
Also known as Alexandria in Egypt, Alexandria Egypt, The City of the Ptolemies
- city
- Hellenistic
The great port at the Nile delta, a Hellenistic capital of commerce, learning, and grain fleets. Riots, sieges, and religious conflict repeatedly scar the city of the Ptolemies.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Hellenistic
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 16
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
The great port at the Nile delta, a Hellenistic capital of commerce, learning, and grain fleets. Riots, sieges, and religious conflict repeatedly scar the city of the Ptolemies.
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