Alexandria
Appearance
| Alexandria | |
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Alexandria on Ægyptum | |
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| Gestaðelod | 331 BCE |
| Bradnes • gerim |
2,523 km² |
| Hiehþu | −1 m |
| Leodræden • buend |
4,028,028, 3,297,959, 2,926,859, 4,870,000, 4,546,231, 4,532,174, 1,800,000, 6,000, 227,064, 5,039,975, 5,107,530, 5,263,542, 5,362,517, 2,300,000, 920,000 buenda |
| Tidgyrdel | Egypt Standard Time, Daylight saving time in Egypt |
| Sprecungrim | 03 |
| Webstede | Webstede |
Alexandria (Arabisc: لإسكندرية is sēo ōðer mǣste burg on Ægypte ond sēo mǣste burg on Wendelsǣrima. Hēo liġeþ æt þǣre westernan ecge þæs Nīles ēamūðan landes.
Ġefundod wæs on þrēo hund ān and þrīetiġ ġēara ær Crīstes byrde fram Alexander Mæcedonia Cyning.
Orosius hogde þe Alexandrie wæs se stow þæræt Affrica and Asia agenyrnað:
| “ | Affrica ⁊ Asia hiera landgemircu onginnað of Alexandria, Egypta burge, ⁊ ligeð þæt londgemære suþ þonan ofer Nilus þa ea, ⁊ swa ofer Ethiopica westenne oþ þone Suþgarsecg. ⁊ þære Af[f]rica norþwestgemere is æt þæm ilcan Wendelsæ þe of ðæm garsecge scyt, ðær Ercoles syla stondað. ⁊ hire ryhtwestende is set þæm beorge þe mon Athlans nemneð, ⁊ æt þæm iglande þe mon hæt Fortunatus. | ” |
Be ðisse ceastre staþol wrat Orosius ðe Alexander Cyning hie gestaðoled æfter his sige be Issus þære ea:
| “ | after þæm he for on Egypti, ⁊ hi to him geniedde; ⁊ þær het þa burg atimbran þe mon siþþan Alexandria. | ” |



