L00 - Rakotis
Strabon, Geographia
Passus 17, 1, 06 [j] (C 792): Ῥακωτις
| Date: | AD 15 - 23 about? |
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| Status: | kome (§ 6) |
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| Details: | 'Now the earlier kings of the Egyptians ... set a guard over this region and ordered it to keep away any who should approach; and they gave them as a place of abode Rakotis, as it is called, which is now that part of the city of the Alexandrians which lies above the ship-houses, but was at that time a village; and they gave over the parts round about the village to herdsmen, who likewise were able to prevent the approach of outsiders. But when Alexander visited the place and saw the advantages of the site, he resolved to fortify the city on the harbour' |
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