Alexandria – The largest and most important city in Egypt, built by Aleksandar ⅲ Macedonian (331 BCE) at the Delta of Nile after the conquest of Egypt to perpetuate its glory. The boundaries of the city determined according to the Macedonian custom, “drew” with a barley flour in the form of a male cloak (Chlamida) that carried the Macedonians on the journey. The plan was made by architect Dinocrat, according to Alexander’s idea. In the city, money with the representation of Heracles are. In the last emissions, the character of the coin looks like Alexander ⅲ. At the time of the rule of the Macedonian dynasty, Ptolemaida city rises in the largest center of culture in antiquity, especially with the museum, the Alexandrian Library and the Alexandrian School, and the development of science: Philology, astrology, as well as mathematics, poetry. Lit.: Plutorzch, Alejander, Loeb Clibari, Harvard Universitis Press, 1959; Arrian: Hysteros of Alegdder And Indice, Loeb Chlibskal Library, Harvard Universitis Press, 1960; L. Tsortus Rufus, de rebuch gestis Alegeri Macydone Wal. And, Parisiis, 1822; F. Papazoglu, History of the Hellenistic period, Skopje, 1995. A. Shook.
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