[SunkenCiv]

Flavian found himself on the wrong side of the powerful Patriarch of Alexandria, Dioscorus, and a veritable army of monks led by the Syrian archimandrite, Barsaumas.

I hate it when that happens.

Watched this late last night / early this morning.

Bettany Hughes explores some of the amazing history of the city of Alexandria, with particular emphasis on the city's role in the preservation of ancient knowledge and how the late Roman inhabitants of Alexandria blended eastern Mediterranean culture and learning, leading to a number of the most important developments in human civilization. | Bettany Hughes - The Ancient Worlds 1 of 7 Alexandria The Greatest City | Youtube } Published on Jan 31, 2013

[Antoninus]

Although Alexandria was known as a center of knowledge in antiquity, it was also infamous for being a center of moral depravity and for frequent bloody ethnic and sectarian riots.

Luxury has deranged all things" ~ Saint Clement of Alexandria on living as a Christian in a decadent culture

"Martyrs Neither Ignoble Nor Few" ~ The death of Hypatia and mob violence against Christians during the reign of Julian the Apostate