A major city of the eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria was home to one of the ancient world's great libraries and served as a significant ecclesiastical and political center throughout late antiquity. It was the site where the Arian controversy first erupted into street violence and later became a seat of theological rivalry, its bishop wielding enough influence to challenge the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The city fell to Arab forces in 638, was retaken by Caliph Omar eight years later, had its walls razed and its capital relocated to Fustat, and saw its already-diminished library allegedly destroyed on the Caliph's orders.
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Episode 4 (3 mentions)
The city where Arius was a presbyter and where his heresy first erupted, leading to rioting in the streets. Later the people of Alexandria, led by St. Anthony, rioted again when Arius was appointed bishop there after Athanasius was deposed.
“So the situation stood in 320 when a young prester of Alexandria named Arius threatened”
“Feeling much stronger, Arius returned to Alexandria and demanded to be reinstated.”
“people of Alexandria, led by St. Anthony himself, rioted in the streets.”
Episode 6 (1 mention)
The see of the bishop Timothy the Weasel, who was appointed by Basiliscus and used his influence to push the abolition of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
“a man by the name of Timothy the Weasel as bishop of Alexandria and his main religious”
Episode 11 (1 mention)
A resting place of Alexander the Great and home to the great Library — one of the wonders of the ancient world. It was sacked by the Arabs in 638 and retaken by Caliph Omar eight years later. The walls were razed, the capital moved to Fustat, and the famous library — already past its prime from repeated fires and vandalism — was allegedly destroyed by the order of the Caliph.
“Alexandria, a resting place of Alexander the Great, and location of a library that was”
Episode 12 (1 mention)
One of the three supposedly neutral eastern bishoprics Basil referred the Bulgarian ecclesiastical question to; as an eastern see, it predictably ruled in favor of Constantinople.
“Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem.”
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