Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . Aiicirnt l\j}in<jr(ijiliii. AI-lv\ ANDKIA. -. Hou(c. lo (see below). Caisar was afterwards conquered by the charms of theI^gyptian queeu, but Antony fell uiore fatally into lier toils andspent years of revelry witli her at Alexandria (42-30). Augustusenlarged the city by the addition of the suburb of Nicopolis (see belowand p. 25). At this prosperous period Alexandria is said to havenumbered more than half-a-million inhabitants. The Greek elementpredominated, next in importance to wliich was tlie Egyptian, whilea numerous, but exclusive, Jewish
Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers . Aiicirnt l\j}in<jr(ijiliii. AI-lv\ ANDKIA. -. Hou(c. lo (see below). Caisar was afterwards conquered by the charms of theI^gyptian queeu, but Antony fell uiore fatally into lier toils andspent years of revelry witli her at Alexandria (42-30). Augustusenlarged the city by the addition of the suburb of Nicopolis (see belowand p. 25). At this prosperous period Alexandria is said to havenumbered more than half-a-million inhabitants. The Greek elementpredominated, next in importance to wliich was tlie Egyptian, whilea numerous, but exclusive, Jewish community was settled here asearly as the 4th cent. The Greek scholar anil traveller Stntbo describes Alexandria as it wasin the decades immediately before the beginning of our era. in the 17th Bookof his Geography. The former island of Pharos had lieen united to themainland by an embankment known as the Heptastadium (see below), andon the E. of the island rose the famous lighthouse built ofwhite limestone by Sostratu., the
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