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Hellenistic Alexandria: Foundation, Urban Growth, and Institutions (331–30 BCE)

Hellenistic Alexandria: Foundation, Urban Growth, and Institutions (331–30 BCE)

  1. Alexander founds Alexandria in Egypt

    Labels: Alexander the, City of
  2. Ptolemy seizes Alexander’s body for Egypt

    Labels: Ptolemy I, Royal cult
  3. Heptastadion causeway links city to Pharos

    Labels: Heptastadion, Pharos Island
  4. Library and Mouseion planned under Ptolemy I

    Labels: Ptolemy I, Mouseion
  5. Library expands under Ptolemy II Philadelphus

    Labels: Ptolemy II, Library of
  6. Lighthouse of Alexandria completed on Pharos

    Labels: Pharos Lighthouse, Ptolemy II
  7. Serapeum constructed under Ptolemy III Euergetes

    Labels: Serapeum, Ptolemy III
  8. Battle of Raphia secures Coele-Syria temporarily

    Labels: Battle of, Ptolemy IV
  9. Letter of Aristeas circulates in Alexandria

    Labels: Letter of, Alexandrian Judaism
  10. Caesar’s Alexandrian war damages harbor district

    Labels: Caesar's Alexandrian, Alexandria harbor
  11. Caesarion proclaimed co-ruler with Cleopatra VII

    Labels: Cleopatra VII, Caesarion
  12. Battle of Actium triggers Alexandria’s final crisis

    Labels: Battle of, Octavian
  13. Octavian takes Alexandria; Ptolemaic rule ends

    Labels: Octavian, Roman Egypt