I knew that Alexander the Great established the city of Alexandria (naming it after himself, of course) somewhere around 300 BC or so. But, I didn't realize that he made Alexandria the center of his empire. I assumed, since he was the emperor of the Greco-Roman empire, that he would maintain the center as Rome. So, this makes me wonder, how much Greco-Roman influence is in the buildings that still visible when touring?

I don't know if my history is correct, but wasn't Alexandria pretty much wrecked and destroyed in the 600s by the Muslims. I seem to remember it was even abandoned for a while.

This is correct, yes... Muslims conquered Egypt about 10 years after
Muhammed died. He died in 632.. Alexandria was taken in 641 and all
of Egypt in... uh... 642, I think.

So what you're saying is that there aren't any vestiges of Roman influence left in the city? I would think that SOMETHING would have survived, even if it were buried and just recently unearthed.

There's the Roman theatre, nice place, near the train station. They hold concerts there sometimes. Sure there's lots more stuff too, must get out more!

I know some of the museums have Roman items in their exhibits. I was just wondering if there were things that were obviously Roman. I didn't realize there was a theatre that was still in use. That's pretty cool. I wonder how many people have sat in those seats in all those years?

But is / are the building actually Roman buildings or rebuilt after Alexandria was wrecked ..built with a Roman aesthetic influence?

You guys really have your facts down! Are you history or classics buffs?

I would think there would be at least a tiny bit of Roman aesthetic influence, unless they were totally anti-Roman at the time of rebuilding.

I don't know about anyone else, so I can't speak for them, but I've always loved history. I guess, in a way, I always thought it would have been neat to be born in a different time. Sure do wish time travel were possible.

I, too, love history and one of the great things about the net is being able to immediately go look something up you're interested in. Remember when we had to write it down for the next trip to the library?