Alexandria

Place

Gallic War 8.0 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “… I have compiled a continuation of the Commentaries of our Caesar's Wars in Gaul, not indeed to be compared to his writings, which either precede or follow them; and recently, I have completed what he left imperfect after the transactions in Alexandria , to the end, not indeed of the civil broils, to which we see no issue, but of Caesar's life. …”

Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.

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Gallic War 8.0

Hirtius

… I have compiled a continuation of the Commentaries of our Caesar's Wars in Gaul, not indeed to be compared to his writings, which either precede or follow them; and recently, I have completed what he left imperfect after the transactions in Alexandria , to the end, not indeed of the civil broils, to which we see no issue, but of Caesar's life. …

Gallic War 8.0

Civil War 3.4

Caesar

… The young Pompeius had brought with his fleet five hundred of the Gabinian troops from Alexandria, Gauls and Germans, whom A. Gabinius had left there with King Ptolomaeus on garrison duty. …

Civil War 3.4

Alexandrian War 1

Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed

… For Alexandria is well-nigh fire-proof, because its buildings contain no wooden joinery and are held together by an arched construction and are roofed with rough-cast or tiling. …

Alexandrian War 1

Geographical record

Pleiades representative point · precise

The ancient port city in Egypt's Nile Delta, founded by Alexander the Great in 332/331 BCE.

Pleiades 727070 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 B2 Alexandria

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