Alexandria riot (66)
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Alexandria riot (66)
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Extensive riots erupted in Alexandria, Roman Egypt, in 66 CE, in parallel with the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War in neighbouring Roman Judea. With the rising tension between the Greeks and the Jews the Alexandrines had organized a public assembly to deliberate about an embassy to Nero, and a great number of Jews came flocking to the amphitheater. When the Alexandrines saw the Jews, they attacked them. They killed the majority of the Jews and those who were captured were burned alive. Th
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Riots in Roman Alexandria, Egypt in the year 66 CE
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_riot_(66)
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2013-12-01T08:50:14Z
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2024-08-29T11:28:02Z
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