Hypatia of Alexandria
c. 355 CE–c. 415 CE · Alexandria
Mathematician and Neoplatonist head of a school at Alexandria; commentator on Diophantus, Apollonius, and Ptolemy, murdered by a Christian mob in 415.
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About Alexandria
Alexandria (al-Iskandariyya) is the great Mediterranean port-city of northern Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE and a leading centre of learning in antiquity. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt (642) it remained a major commercial and scholarly hub; the Shadhili Sufi Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (d. 1309) took his nisba from the city, and the modernist reformer Muhammad Abduh (d. 1905) was active in Egypt's intellectual life there and in Cairo.
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Graeco-Roman world
- Ausonius· 310 CE–395 CE
- Libanius· 314 CE–393 CE
- Quintus Smyrnaeus· 315 CE–375 CE
- Themistius· 317 CE–388 CE
- Constantius II· 317 CE–361 CE
- Eutropius· 320 CE–390 CE
- Valentinian I· 321 CE–375 CE
- Valens· 328 CE–378 CE
- Ammianus Marcellinus· 330 CE–400 CE
- Jovian· 331 CE–364 CE
- Emperor Julian· 331 CE–363 CE
- Eunapius· 347 CE–414 CE
- Theodosius I· 347 CE–395 CE
- Plutarch of Athens· 350 CE–432 CE
- Gratian· 359 CE–383 CE
- Constantius III· 360 CE–421 CE
- Claudian· 370 CE–404 CE
- Valentinian II· 371 CE–392 CE
- Hephaestion of Thebes· 380 CE–
- Honorius· 384 CE–423 CE
- Macrobius· 385 CE–430 CE
- Avitus· 385 CE–456 CE
- Syrianus· 390 CE–437 CE
- Petronius Maximus· 397 CE–455 CE
Christian world
Jewish world
Buddhist world
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Rulers world
- Yazdegerd I· –420 CE
- Gwanggaeto the Great· 374 CE–412 CE
- Yax Nuun Ahiin I (Curl Nose)· –404 CE
- Bahram V· 400 CE–438 CE
- Siyaj Chan K'awiil II (Stormy Sky)· –456 CE
- Shapur II· 309 CE–379 CE
- Chak Tok Ich'aak I (Great Jaguar Paw)· –378 CE
- Attila the Hun· 406 CE–453 CE
- Leo I the Thracian· 401 CE–474 CE
- Ezana of Aksum· –360 CE
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