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To: fidelis

Coo.


3 posted on 02/02/2026 8:51:17 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

Very cool, but I’d note this. True, it was a port like Alexandria, but the reader could be left with the impression that that isn’t they have the same name. In fact, Alexander gave the name Alexandria to about 70 settlements. Scholars are unsure whether that was because he was a massive egomaniac, or because he was able to save on city limit signs by buying in bulk (jk, it was the former)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_founded_by_Alexander_the_Great


4 posted on 02/02/2026 9:00:49 AM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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