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There are numerous attestations that Alexander founded a city in Lower Mesopotamia: many city-names such as Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon, Alexandria near Babylon, Alexandria near the Pallakopas, and Alexandria on the Tigris have been proposed; but it is likely that some of these names refer to the same city. [31]
Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in April 331 BC as Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexandreia), as one of his many city foundations. After he captured the Egyptian Satrapy from the Persians, Alexander wanted to build a large Greek city on Egypt's coast that would bear his name.
Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria by Placido Costanzi (1736-1737) Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC (the exact date is disputed) as Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Aleksándreia). Alexander's chief architect for the project was Dinocrates. Ancient accounts are extremely numerous and varied, and much influenced by subsequent ...
Pages in category "Cities founded by Alexander the Great" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Alexandria Eschate (Attic Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἐσχάτη, Doric Greek: Αλεχάνδρεια Ἐσχάτα, romanized: Alexandria Eschata, "Furthest Alexandria") was a city founded by Alexander the Great, at the south-western end of the Fergana Valley (modern Tajikistan) in August 329 BC. [1]
Alexandria Prophthasia (Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια η Προφθασία) also known as Alexandria in Drangiana was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. [1] The town was founded during an intermediate stop between Herat, in what is now Afghanistan, the location of another of Alexander's fortresses, and ...
None of the five foremost ancient writers on Alexander (Arrian, Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, Curtius Rufus, and Justin) mention that Alexander founded a city in Arachosia, and neither do the early Hellenistic geographers. [15] A similar situation exists for most of the other minor cities founded by Alexander the Great. [16]
Alexander on the Indus is located at the junction of the Indus and the Acesines. Alexandria on the Indus ( Greek : Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἐπὶ Ἰνδῷ , likely modern Uch , Pakistan ) was a city founded by Alexander the Great at the junction of the Indus and the Acesines river .