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   Alexander the Great  
Greatest leader in history

   The Greek        Period

In the year 332 BC. M Alexander the Great entered Egypt and left in 331 BC. M to continue his wars against the Persians to die in 323 BC. M
In 336 BC. M. Matt King Philip of Macedonia, and his successor on the throne of Macedonia and his son Alexander at the age of twenty he united the Greeks and conquered large parts of the world, and Established the Greek Empire.

In 334 BC. M defeated the last ruler of the house the third Persian Empire - In 433 BC. Triumphed over the last ruler of the third house of the Persian Empire.

Alexander the Great took care to show respect for the ancient gods, he rebuilt temples, In 331 BC. M invaded Egypt and went to the temple of Amun and asked to become pharaoh in Egypt and called for the priests of Amun son of God to begin the rule of the Ptolemies seemed to have the rule of the Ptolemaic rule continued to Ptolemaic Egypt for three centuries.

It is said that in 323 BC. M. Matt Alexander in Babylon at the age of 33 years, and some historians said that he died in Alexandria met his commanders in Babylon, to discuss the problem of imperial rule, Macedonian died founder before it regulated the succession to the throne, and their governance, without leaving a will or nominated as his successor.

After the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, the independent rule of pharaohs in the strict sense came to an end. Under the Ptolemies, whose rule followed Alexander’s, profound changes took place in art and architecture.

After a violent dispute it was agreed that ascends the throne man moron named "Philip Rhidos" It was a brother-brother of Alexander, Recognizing the right  of "Roxana' Fetus,"Persian "Alexander' wife" who she  is pregnant if the male in the participation of "Philip" King as a partner under the tutelage and took after him, his half-brother "Feleet Arhioallos.

The most important thing that Alexander's empire was divided among his commanders and was Egypt's share of a senior military commanders who was involved in the Alexander' conquests and his name was "Ptolemy Ben La-goss" and Ptolemy's rule began with his family and called the name of a referee to begin in "Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemaic Greek rule of occupation



"Ptolemy Ben La-goss" and Ptolemy's rule began with his family and called the name of a referee to begin in "Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemaic Greek rule of occupation

      The  Ptolemeian      Period

When Ptolemy V  assumed the throne, his named  with "abefnss" (god manifest) and he was still a child at the age of five - And has divisions and internal conflicts in his reign led to a bloody civil war in the streets of Alexandria, Took advantage of the Seleucid King of Syria Antiochus III of this opportunity to intervene and seize on Egypt and the elimination of the Ptolemaic family and annexed it to his property, Settle for Phoenicia and his army march on Egypt, then  intervened Rome even though it was emerging from the war-weary Alhanibalip, Antiochus ordered that: "leave the friendly Kingdom (Egypt), which are left to our care on the basis of the latter's Desire expressed by the King' father - Antiochus
was forced to Rome's hard to be satisfied with victories included a country outside the territory seized by Egypt and confessed to Egypt's only  because  he  married  his

daughter from Ptolemy V, who died in 180 BC. M .

Ptolemy was the author of several scientific treatises, two of which have been of continuing importance to later Islamic and European science. One is the astronomical treatise that is now known as the Almagest (in Greek Η μεγάλη Σύνταξις, "The Great Treatise"). The other is the Geography, which is a thorough discussion of the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world… Astronomy / Geography / Ptolemy and astrology / Ptolemy and music .

Although Egypt was ruled by foreigners during most of the Late and Greco-Roman periods, native religious traditions remained strong and the period witnessed the production of a wide variety of religious texts written in the Egyptian language.

Greek Archaeology and Romanian in Alexandria
Alexandria has the widest range of the remaining vestiges of Greco - Roman Egypt, and this is normal since it was the capital of Egypt in this era is the most important of these effects - "Main sights" :-
Pompey's Pillar
Graeco-Roman Museum
Roman Catacombs

An ancient monument, this 25-meter-high granite column was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletianos in AD 297. which  Is the last remaining relics of the temple Serapeum which established by Bustumus and mostly dating   to the third century AD.
  
  
A history museum with a vast collection mostly dating from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD, spanning the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.
At Kam-el-Shuqqafa

It is the largest  Romania public cemeteries which found in Alexandria and is located on the border of West Alexandria cowardly old and mostly dating  to the second century AD.

The Roman Theater " The Ancient Roman Theatre in Alexandria "
They were grand and impressive

Dating from the 2nd century A.D it has a large auditorium, about 42m in diameter and shaped in a half circle, open to the sky, and might have held 100.000 people. The stage had no curtain; it was just a stone platform.

The Roman theatre is located in the modern area of Kom El-Dikaa, which is almost in the centre of the city of Alexandria, Egypt  bordered by Horrya street from the north, Nabi Daniel street from the west, Abdel Moneim street from the south, and Saphia Zaghloul street from the east - The last major rebuild was in the 6th century A.D, when the stage was turned into a huge vestibule, joined with the auditorium by means of a triple–arcade. Two marble pedestals and the bases of the columns are preserved. The auditorium was lowered to 13 rows of seats, and a dome .

Over 30 years of excavation have uncovered many Roman remains including this well-preserved theatre with galleries, sections of mosaic-flooring, and marble seats for up to 800 spectators. In Ptolemaic times, this area was the Park of Pan and a pleasure garden. The theater at one point may had been roofed over to serve as an Odeon for musical performances. Inscriptions suggest that it was sometimes also used for wrestling contests. The theatre stood with thirteen semi-circular tiers of white marble that was imported from Europe. Its columns are of green marble imported from Asia Minor, and red granite imported from Aswan. The wings on either side of the stage are decorated with geometric mosaic paving. The dusty walls of the trenches, from digging in the northeast side of the Odeon, are layered with extraordinary amounts of potsherds. Going down out of the Kom, you can see the substantial arches and walls in stone, the brick of the Roman baths, and the remains of Roman houses .

Other Archaeology
Next to the theater  in the area Kom el-dakaha number of ancient Egyptian antiquities, mostly due to the age of the modern state was found in the waters of the Mediterranean in the effects that were received in the water during the Middle Ages .
Have the Antiquities Authority, together with the foreign missions recovered those pieces and displayed

Romanian Bathrooms
Found some of them in Kom el-dakah area and Eastern Abu-Kir, which is of special historic character.

Temple Agaysron
It was built by Cleopatra the seventh named after " Mark Antonyos " There were tow oblique's in its entrance transferred from Own Temple . They had the named of the Pharos kings, Tohotmos the third, sitty the first and Ramses the second .

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