Alexandria
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(Acts 18:24; 27:6) (a city named after Alexander) — a famous city, founded by Alexander the Great in Egypt around the year 333 B.C. It was located on a promontory jutting into the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Mediterranean and Lake Mareotis, further south than the present-day city of the same name. Ancient Alexandria was once a center of science and learning; it rivaled Rome in extent, and was once reckoned the foremost commercial city on earth. Historians relate that the free population of Alexandria exceeded 300,000, and that it had at the same time an equal number of slaves. Its ancient magnificence may be judged from the ruins of ancient streets, fragments of columns, and temple obelisks.