Alexandria Quote by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.

— Plutarch

“Annabeth nodded. "That's right.Alexander conquered Egypt.After he died, his general Ptolemy took over. He wanted the Egyptians to accept him as their pharaoh, so…

— Rick Riordan

“He was an energetic founder of new cities, usually named after himself, that are now more often known by other names, such as Herat…

— Peter Frankopan

The fifth century BC historian Herodotus called Egypt ‘the gift of the Nile’. The Egyptians themselves went a lot further. They claimed that their…

— Robert Bauval

Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of…

— Will Cuppy

“King Alexander, the son of Ammon and of Philip the king, also supreme king of Europe and all Asia, Egypt and Libya, to the…

— Richard Stoneman

“It was necessary, therefore, to Moses that he should find the people of Israel in Egypt enslaved and oppressed by the Egyptians, in order…

— Waxkeep Publishing

“Where he (Alexander) came the inhabitants either accepted him with roses and wine, or fought and were beaten. He preferred the latter.”

— William Bolitho

“About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on it, showed…

— Suetonius

“Napoleon had developed an identification with Egypt from the time he was twelve, reading about Alexander the Great. At the end of his life,…

— Tom Reiss

“This was how Dinocrates, recommended only by his good looks and dignified carriage, came to be so famous. But as for me, Emperor, nature…

— Vitruvius Pollio

Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.

— Francis Quarles