What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

A Jewish leader and scholar, Philo (circa 20 BC – 40 AD) risked his life to plead for greater tolerance for Jews in the Roman Empire. Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish leader, philosopher and ...

Researchers Discover Two-Foot-Tall Buddha Statue, Shed Light on Trade Route Connecting Roman Empire to Ancient World ...

A tetradrachm bears the face of Zenobia, minted in Alexandria around A.D. 274 ... Palmyra and its domains were submissive to the Roman Empire and its emperor. Zenobia knew how to take advantage ...

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Christianity spread slowly West from Alexandria and East to Ethiopia. Through North Africa, Christianity was embraced as the religion of dissent against the expanding Roman Empire. In the 4th ...

his heir Octavian battled Antony for control of the Roman Empire for more than a decade; following Antony and Cleopatra's defeat at Actium, Octavian's forces entered Alexandria in the summer of 30 ...

They divided the Roman Empire between them ... Antony and Cleopatra fled back to Alexandria but, within a year, the city was besieged by Roman soldiers. Rather than be captured and taken to ...