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Temples and statues were destroyed throughout the Roman empire: pagan rituals became forbidden under punishment of death, and libraries were closed. In 391, Emperor Theodosius I ordered the destruction of all pagan temples, and the Patriarch Theophilus complied with his request.
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 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. References [ edit ]
395 – Roman Empire formally split in two. The official start of so-called Byzantine Empire. 415 – Lynching of the philosopher Hypatia by a radical Christian mob. The expulsion of the Jews from Alexandria, in 414 or 415 under the leadership of Saint Cyril. Around 100,000 Jews expelled—another Pogrom or "Alexandria Expulsion". [1] [2]
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. ... Each of the three largest cities in the Empire—Rome, Alexandria, ...
By the second century AD, the Roman Empire grew less dependent on grain from Alexandria and the city's prominence declined further. [94] The Romans during this period also had less interest in Alexandrian scholarship, causing the Library's reputation to continue to decline as well. [94]
The history of the Jews in Alexandria dates back to the founding of the city by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE. [1] Jews in Alexandria played a crucial role in the political, economic, cultural and religious life of Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria, with Jews comprising about 35% of the city's population during the Roman era. [2] [3]
The garrison of Alexandria and all troops there to embark and depart by sea, carrying all their possessions and treasure with them: but any Roman soldiers quitting Egypt by land to be subject to a monthly tribute on their journey. No Roman army to return or attempt the recovery of Egypt.