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The '''Alexandrian Revolts (215)''' is a period of intense civil unrest that culminated in one of the most brutal massacres in the history of the Egyptian city of [[Alexandria]].[{{Cite journal |last=De Graaf |first=Ruben |date=19 October 2022 |title=ALEXANDRIA AD AEGYPTVM: THE (DIS)CONNECTION BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND EGYPT |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/abs/alexandria-ad-aegyptvm-the-disconnection-between-alexandria-and-egypt/D3C967504AA71DEA5CDB04FFF46DCD47 |journal=The Classical Quarterly |language=en |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=202–216 |doi=10.1017/S0009838822000313 |issn=0009-8388}}][{{Cite web |title=Ancient Alexandria |url=https://www.bibalex.org/Attachments/Publications/Files/201303201500376555_AncientAlexandria.pdf}}] When Emperor [[Caracalla]] visited the city, he was met with public ridicule and insulting satires from the [[Egyptians]], mocking his appearance and his claim to have killed his brother, [[Geta]]. |
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The '''Alexandrian Revolts (215)''' is a period of intense civil unrest that culminated in one of the most brutal massacres in the history of the Egyptian city of [[Alexandria]].[{{Cite journal |last=De Graaf |first=Ruben |date=19 October 2022 |title=ALEXANDRIA AD AEGYPTVM: THE (DIS)CONNECTION BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND EGYPT |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical-quarterly/article/abs/alexandria-ad-aegyptvm-the-disconnection-between-alexandria-and-egypt/D3C967504AA71DEA5CDB04FFF46DCD47 |journal=The Classical Quarterly |language=en |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=202–216 |doi=10.1017/S0009838822000313 |issn=0009-8388}}][{{Cite web |title=Ancient Alexandria |url=https://www.bibalex.org/Attachments/Publications/Files/201303201500376555_AncientAlexandria.pdf}}] When Emperor [[Caracalla]] visited the city, he was met with public ridicule and insulting satires from the [[Egyptians]], mocking his appearance and his claim to have killed his brother, [[Geta (emperor)|Geta]]. |
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In a vengeful response, Caracalla ordered his troops to massacre the city's youth and any Egyptian — or even any inhabitant capable of bearing arms — leading to a bloodbath in which, according to historians such as Cassius Dio, over 20,000 lives were lost.[{{Cite book |last=Morkot |first=Robert G. |url=https://books.google.com.eg/books?id=WQd4EQAAQBAJ&pg=PR36&dq=alexandrian+revolts+215+ad&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiel-SAyfWTAxX3VKQEHbZaPIgQ6AF6BAgOEAM |title=The A to Z of Ancient Egyptian Warfare |date=2010-06-07 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-21445-8 |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title=Alexandria – The City of Alexander and The Soul of Hellenic Egypt |url=https://toosquaretobehip.com/alexandria-the-city-of-alexander-and-the-soul-of-hellenic-egypt/ |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=Too Square to be Hip |language=en-US}}] |
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In a vengeful response, Caracalla ordered his troops to massacre the city's youth and any Egyptian — or even any inhabitant capable of bearing arms — leading to a bloodbath in which, according to historians such as Cassius Dio, over 20,000 lives were lost.[{{Cite book |last=Morkot |first=Robert G. |url=https://books.google.com.eg/books?id=WQd4EQAAQBAJ&pg=PR36&dq=alexandrian+revolts+215+ad&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiel-SAyfWTAxX3VKQEHbZaPIgQ6AF6BAgOEAM |title=The A to Z of Ancient Egyptian Warfare |date=2010-06-07 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-21445-8 |language=en}}][{{Cite web |date=2022-02-24 |title=Alexandria – The City of Alexander and The Soul of Hellenic Egypt |url=https://toosquaretobehip.com/alexandria-the-city-of-alexander-and-the-soul-of-hellenic-egypt/ |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=Too Square to be Hip |language=en-US}}] |
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