Location:
Egypt
Coordinates:
31.2001, 29.9187
Events at Alexandria (18)
250 BC
ID: 4819
Septuagint translation begins in Alexandria - 70/72 Jewish scholars translate Hebrew scriptures into Greek under Ptolemy II Philadelphus
ID: 4819
48 BC
ID: 2701
September 48 BC
Murder of Pompey - killed on Egyptian beach by Ptolemy XIII trying to please Caesar, Caesar weeps at sight of head
ID: 2701
47 BC
ID: 2702
Caesar and Cleopatra - installs her as queen of Egypt, has son Caesarion, legend of carpet delivery
ID: 2702
41 BC
ID: 5426
Cleopatra's pearl in wine - dissolves priceless pearl in vinegar/wine to win bet with Antony about hosting most expensive banquet
ID: 5426
31 BC
ID: 2739
Egypt becomes Augustus's personal province - not senatorial, provides vast wealth, prefect not proconsul governs
ID: 2739
30 BC
ID: 2715
August 30 BC
Death of Antony and Cleopatra - Antony falls on sword, Cleopatra uses asp, Octavian annexes Egypt, Ptolemaic dynasty ends
ID: 2715
67
ID: 4102
St. Mark martyred in Alexandria - dragged through streets with rope around neck until dead, founder of Alexandrian Church
ID: 4102
130
ID: 4133
Epistle of Barnabas written - early Christian writing using allegory, nearly included in biblical canon
ID: 4133
130
ID: 4891
Basilides teaches in Alexandria - Claims secret tradition from apostle Matthias, 365 heavens, docetic Christology
ID: 4891
135
ID: 4892
Carpocratian Gnosticism - Antinomian sect, taught reincarnation until experiencing all things, libertine practices
ID: 4892
185
ID: 4120
Origen born in Alexandria - will become greatest biblical scholar of early Church, later writes Hexapla and Against Celsus
ID: 4120
190
ID: 3807
Clement of Alexandria heads Catechetical School - synthesizes Greek philosophy with Christianity
ID: 3807
215
ID: 3809
Origen begins Hexapla - massive six-column Bible comparing Hebrew and Greek texts, 6000 pages
ID: 3809
220
ID: 3810
Origen castrates himself - literal interpretation of Matthew 19:12, later regrets excessive zeal
ID: 3810
240
ID: 4837
Origen creates the Hexapla - Six-column Bible comparing Hebrew, transliteration, Aquila, Symmachus, LXX, Theodotion
ID: 4837
250
ID: 3812
Origen tortured under Decius - survives but dies from injuries years later, prolific writer of 2000 works
ID: 3812
250
ID: 4844
Origen writes Contra Celsum - Defends Christian use of Old Testament against pagan and Jewish critics
ID: 4844
367
ID: 4846
Athanasius's 39th Festal Letter - First listing of exact 27 NT books, OT canon also specified, Scripture Wars legacy
ID: 4846