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Classical Alexandria

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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

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  • Harris, William V.; Ruffini, Giovanni, eds. (2004). Ancient Alexandria: Between Egypt and Greece. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-1-4294-2911-5.
  • Huzar, Eleanor G. (1988). "Alexandria ad Aegyptum in the Julio-Claudian Age". In Temporini, Hildegard (ed.). Halbband Politische Geschichte (Provinzen und Randvölker: Afrika und Ägypten) [Political History (Provinces and Marginal Peoples: Africa and Egypt)]. Rise and Decline of the Roman World. Vol. 10. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-1108-5294-3.