Alexandria

penchant for problem solving. After learning all that he could from his teachers in Syracuse he moved to Alexandria,Egypt and went to a school in which it was founded by Alexander The Great in 331 B.C Alexandria had a reputation for great learning. Euclid was one of the ones who lived there before Archimedes’ arrival Euclid’s work influenced Archimedes by the time he finished his studies in Alexandria he went back to…

Caesar arrived in Alexandria, Egypt in 48 B.C.E., during a civil war between Cleopatra and her brother. Caesar was not a well-liked man by the Egyptians, they believed that he was “an enemy of the gods and polluter of their sanctuaries” (Volkmann 63). Cleopatra wished to see…

Cleopatra was born to rule. Not only was she good at it but she craved it as well . By experiencing love, tragedy, power, and death Cleopatra became one of Egypt’s greatest Rulers . Cleopatra was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 69 BDE (Tour Egypt 2). Her father was Ptolemy XII and her mother was Cleopatra VI (Lewis 1). She had five sibling including three sisters Cleopatra VII, Berenice IV, and Arsinoe IV and then two brothers Ptolmey XIII and Ptolmey XIV (Tour Egypt 2). Cleopatra and her whole…

means to win also that of Queen of the Romans, she failed of this and lost the other besides. She captivated the two greatest Romans of her day, and because of the third she destroyed herself." (Worth.) Cleopatra was born in the royal palace in Alexandria, that was within the Nile Delta, sometime within the winter of 69-68 B.C. History does not record the exact date of her birth, neither does it give the name of her mother. Her father was Ptolemy XIII, a Macedonian Greek, who was king of all…

E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy Foreword: Since there is no first-hand account of the history of Cleopatra VII, many of the details of her life remain a mystery. The lack of written evidence may be due in part to the fact that the Library of Alexandria in Egypt’s capital was burned down in 48 B.C.E. The stories surrounding Cleopatra’s exploits have been told and retold for centuries, and there are many conflicting versions. Muslim scholar accounts portray her as an intelligent benefactor,…

Alexandria Draghi “Allie”, a Sacred Heart University Fashion Minor and the president of the school Fashion club went to study abroad in Rome, Italy to gain a cultural experience of fashion. While there, she also was gaining the understanding of another language, along with a diverse learning experience in another country. Alexandria passed away right before her twenty third birthday on Thursday afternoon while in Bern, Switzerland for a weekend trip. Her friend Amanda Magno, who is another…

The document Life of Saint Antony of Egypt is a letter which tells the story of what it sounds like: St Antony’s life and piety. It was written by Athanasius, who was the bishop of Alexandria at the time. He expounds upon Antony’s piety and turns even what some might consider faults into some of Antony’s greatest virtues. For example, as a boy, Antony refused to learn to read, preferring to remain ignorant. Much of the world’s population may think this to be simple laziness. Here was a boy,…

“Julius Caesar had returned to Alexandria after the Battle of Pharsalus, she saw the opportunity to use him. She had herself smuggled to him in a rug.” Along with Julius Caesar has her ally, Cleopatra’s army consisted of one legion, known as Legio VI Ferrata. Ptolemy XIII and the sibling’s younger sister Arsinoe IV, had 20,000 soldiers and 2,000 horses. The war ended in 47 BCE with Cleopatra’s victory. Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile River after being forced to leave Alexandria by Cleopatra.…

The Ptolemies were feuding dynasty that was ravenous for power. There were 13 Ptolemies all with different surname. The first three were great businessmen and increased the wealth and productivity of Egypt. They also brought intellectual life to Alexandria through learning and building a museum and the famous library where ancient books were accumulated. In addition, the idea of incest became accepted as a practice of kinship and subsequent kings and queens were all products of this practice.…

mathematicians. Eratosthenes then traveled to Alexandria where he spent most of his adult life at and where he sadly passed away. His time in Alexandria he was appointed by Ptolemy III as the librarian for the Alexandrian Library and this is when he wrote about the world in his work called Geography and many other works (Masjid).…