Hypatia of Alexandria, born in the 4th century in the Roman Empire, remains one of the most intellectual and respected female ...

The Alexandria of Alexandrias At the order of ... Shortly after Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, in A.D. 380, theological schools sprang up around the Mediterranean ...

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 ...

How was the Great Library of Alexandria destroyed? Of all the Library's possible fates, the truth is perhaps the most tragic: It was collateral damage in a civil war. The empire split between ...

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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 ...

Key facts Full name: Claudius Ptolemy Born: 100AD, Egypt, Roman Empire Died: 170 AD, Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire Claudius Ptolemy was a 2nd century Greek mathematician, astronomer and ...