In 1882, ongoing civil disturbances in Egypt prompted Britain to intervene, extending a hand to France. |
Macedonia and the Seleucid Empire agreed to an alliance to conquer and divide Egypt. |
All the kings after him, until Egypt became a Roman province in 30 BC, were also Ptolemies. |
He lived in the city of Alexandria in the Roman province of Egypt, wrote in Koine Greek, and held Roman citizenship. |
The Great Desert of Africa of course puts a limit to its wanderings, and the firless plains of Egypt equally discourage its approach. |
The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. |