Alexandria (Egypt): All Data
Alexandria (Egypt) is a city in Egypt. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Alexandria: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
331 BC
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of the Achaemenid Empire
315 BC
Mentioned in Event: Consolidation of the borders after the Second War of the Diadochi
315 BC
Capital of Ptolemaic Kingdom
169 BC
Mentioned in Event: Egypt becomes a Seleucid puppet state
168 BC
Mentioned in Event: Revolt of Egypt against the Seleucids
47 BC
Mentioned in: Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)
30 BC
Mentioned in: Battle of Alexandria (30 BC)
29 BC
Mentioned in Event: Egypt becomes a Roman province
117 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Aegyptus, part of Roman Empire
270 AD
Mentioned in Event: Secession of the Kingdom of Palmyra
273 AD
Mentioned in Event: Reconquest of the Kingdom of Palmyra
286 AD
Mentioned in Event: Early Tetrarchic Period
306 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
314 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
325 AD
Mentioned in Event: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
337 AD
Mentioned in Event: Division of the Empire among the sons of Constantine the Great
353 AD
Mentioned in Event: Roman civil war of 350-353
395 AD
Mentioned in Event: Definitive Division of the Roman Empire
619 AD
Mentioned in Event: Sasanian conquest of Egypt
641 AD
Mentioned in Event: Muslim conquest of Egypt
641 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Alexandria (641), part of Muslim conquest of Egypt
647 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquests of Uthman
914 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914-915)
915 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fatimid invasion of Egypt (914-915)
919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919-921)
921 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919-921)
969 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fatimid conquest of Egypt
1365 AD
Mentioned in: Sack of Alexandria, part of Crusades
1798 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mediterranean campaign of 1798
1801 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Alexandria (1801), part of War of the Second Coalition
1801 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mandora, part of War of the Second Coalition
1807 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Turkish War (1807-1809)
1882 AD
Mentioned in Event: Anglo-Egyptian War
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Al Iskandarīyah, part of Arab Republic of Egypt