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Alexandria

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20th Century Global Conflicts 2nd Period

The Jewish philosopher Philio of Alexandria recorded the first act of anti-Semitism as having taken place in the city of Alexandria in 38 B.C. Philio described an attack on the Jewish community which left thousands of Jews killed; however the validity of this early account (the ancients were prone to over-exaggeration) must be brought into question. S.D.