In the year AD 38, the philosopher Philo of Alexandria travelled from Egypt to Rome at the head of a delegation of fellow Jews. His aim was to intercede with the Emperor Gaius Caligula, whose fledgling reign had been marked in Alexandria by violent attacks against the Jewish community.
24 July 2019, The Tablet
A further warning from history: lessons from the Alexandria pogrom of AD 38
Philo of Alexandria
illustration by André Thevet (1502-1590)
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