The Rise and Fall of Alexandria (52 page)
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Authors: Justin Pollard
Marcus Aurelius
Mark Antony.
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Antony, Mark
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Antony, Mark
Octavian.
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Octavian
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Octavian
Punic Wars.
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Punic Wars
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Punic Wars
religious view of
Septimius Severus
taxation by
Rome, A.
Rosetta stone
Rufus, Quintus Curtius
Sand Reckoner, The
(Archimedes)
Sandys, George
Scientific American
Sebasteum (Caesarium)
Secret of Secrets
(John of Seville)
(John of Seville)
Select Epigrams of the Greek Anthology
(MacKail)
(MacKail)
Seleucids
Antiochus ’s war against Ptolemy
Seleucus (assassin of Perdiccas)
Seleucus (follower of Aristarchus)
Semicircle
Septuagint
Serapeum
under Ptolemy
Theophilus’s attack on and probable destruction of library at
Serapeum de Memphis, La
(Mariette)
(Mariette)
Serapis
image of
powers of
Seven Books of History Against the Pagans
(Orosius)
(Orosius)
Severus, Septimius
Severus of Al-Ashumein
Shaikh, Yusuf Ibn al-
Shakespeare, William
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Shipbuilding center, Alexandria as
Silex Scintillans
(Vaughan)
(Vaughan)
Skeptics
Sleepwalkers, The
(Koestler)
(Koestler)
Slot machine of Hero of Alexandria
Socrates
ethics and morality in philosophy of
trial and execution of
Socrates Scholasticus
on Arius
on Cyril’s actions
on Hypatia
Sosibius
Sostratus the Cnidian
Sotades
Soul
Origen on
Plotinus on
Stadiatos, Elias
Stage machinery of Hero of Alexandria
Staïs, Valerios
State of harmony (maat)
Steam engine of Hero of Alexandria
Stereometrica
(Hero of Alexandria)
(Hero of Alexandria)
Stoics
Strabo
on benefits of Alexandria’s location
on lighthouse
nature and measurements of earth by Eratosthenes
on temple of Serapis
Strato of Lampsacus
Street of the Soma
Stromata
(Clement of Alexandria)
(Clement of Alexandria)
Strozzi, Palla
Sulla
Synagoge
(Pappus)
(Pappus)
Synesius of Cyrene
Syracuse, Sicily
Roman siege of
Temple building under Ptolemy
Temple of Hathor at Dendera
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Isis at Philae
Tennyson, Alfred Lord
Tetrabiblos
(Claudius Ptolemy)
(Claudius Ptolemy)
Thales of Miletus
Diogenes on
as founder of natural philosophy
Thalia
(Arius)
(Arius)
Thaumaturgus, Gregory
Theaetetus
(Plato)
(Plato)
Theater, stage machinery of Hero of Alexandria and
Theocritus
Theodosius (archbishop)
Theodosius (emperor)
Theodotus of Chois
Theon
background of
eclipses predicted by
works and philosophy of
Theon of Smyrna (quoting Eratosthenes)
Theopemptus
Theophilus
attack on pagans and Serapeum by
coexistence of Hypatia’s school with antipaganism of
death of
Theophrastus
Theosophical Society
Therapeutae
Third Punic War
Thoreau, Henry David
Thoth
Thucydides
Thyrsis
(Arnold)
(Arnold)
Tiberius
Tilt of earth’s axis calculated by Eratosthenes
Timonium
Timotheus
“To Ironfounders and Others” (Bottomley)
Tolstoy, Leo
Tower of the Winds
Trade
under Ptolemy
success of Alexandria based on
Travels in Asia and Africa
(Ibn Battuta)
(Ibn Battuta)
True Word, Logos.
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Logos, the Word
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Logos, the Word
True Word, The
(Celsus)
(Celsus)
Tusculan Disputations
(Cicero)
(Cicero)
Tutankhamen
Universalism
Valentine, Saint
Valentinian
Varia Historia
(Aelian)
(Aelian)
Varro
Vaughan, Henry
Verus, Lucius
Vesalius, Andreas
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus
“Voyage of Life, The” (Palladas)
War and Peace
(Tolstoy)
Water clock, of Ctesibius
Water supply of Alexandria
Weights and Measures
(Epiphanius)
(Epiphanius)
Whitehead, Alfred North
Wisdom of Solomon, The
Women in Greece and Rome
(Lefkowitz and Fant)
(Lefkowitz and Fant)
Zenobius
Zeus
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