Alexandria: An Introduction
Some suggested readings to begin the study of Alexandria and Egypt from 332 BCE to 642 CE:
“Alexandria.” March 30, 2005. Web page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria. Accessed April 12, 2005.
Bagnall, Roger S. Egypt in Late Antiquity. Princeton: Princeton University Press, Aug 1993.
Bowman, Alan K. Egypt after the Pharaohs: 332 BC - AD 642 from Alexander to the Arab Conquest. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989.
Pearson, Birger A., and James E. Goehring, eds. The Roots of Egyptian Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986.
Ross, Kelley L. Decadence, Rome and Romania, the Emperors Who Weren't, and Other Reflections on Roman History. 2001. Web Page. Available: http://www.friesian.com/decdenc1.htm. Accessed April 12, 2005.
Vasunia, Phiroze. The Gift of the Nile: Hellenizing Egypt from Aeschylus to Alexander. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.
Vrettos, Theodore. Alexandria: City of the Western Mind. New York: The Free Press, 2001.
Vermaseren, M.J. Mithras, The Secret God
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