Greeks in Egyp, what happened to them?

[blogen]

Alexandreia was a very cultural and peaceful city for Greeks/Romans and locals until Islam arrived.

The Greeco-Roman Alexandria was the city of pogroms, jnderclass rebellions, ethnic clashes and huge massacres in the antiquity. The perfect example of the hateful multiculturalism, the constant tribalistic agression.

[blogen]

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[catgeorge]

The Greeco-Roman Alexandria was the city of pogroms, jnderclass rebellions, ethnic clashes and huge massacres in the antiquity. The perfect example of the hateful multiculturalism, the constant tribalistic agression.

Too cartoonish - go read books.

[Kamal900]

The Greeco-Roman Alexandria was the city of pogroms, jnderclass rebellions, ethnic clashes and huge massacres in the antiquity. The perfect example of the hateful multiculturalism, the constant tribalistic agression.

True. Ethnic Egyptians or Copts and others were at the very bottom of the social ladder, Greeks and Jews were at the middle, and the Romans were at the very top.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_...ly_Roman_Egypt

[catgeorge]

Romans couldnt rule themselves even if god himself paid them. Alexandreia has very little history of conflict in comparison to Byzantine and Thessalonica.

[archangel]

Greeks and Egyptians are the same population,both med/southern peoples so they were able to assimilate easily

[Kamal900]

Greeks and Egyptians are the same population,both med/southern peoples so they were able to assimilate easily

Not really. Egyptians which also includes Copts and the ancient Egyptians are genetically the closest to us Palestinians and other Levantines while Greeks are genetically the closest to other Southern Europeans.

[Samnium]

Not really. Egyptians which also includes Copts and the ancient Egyptians are genetically the closest to us Palestinians and other Levantines while Greeks are genetically the closest to other Southern Europeans.

Not to mention that a good chunk of Greek DNA, Steppe like in all europeans is ABSENT in Egyptians (they score 0% Steppe) and the majority of Egyptian DNA is ABSENT in Greece : NA DNA and SSA.

[Adamastor]

Not to mention that a good chunk of Greek DNA, Steppe like in all europeans is ABSENT in Egyptians (they score 0% Steppe) and the majority of Egyptian DNA is ABSENT in Greece : NA DNA and SSA.

But let's be honest: Ancient Greeks likely had very little steppe... But I agree that Island Greek genetics (the most similar to ancient Greeks) is different from Egyptians.

Probably most ''Greeks'' in ancient Alexandria were hellenized natives or people only partially European Greek. Ancient Greek identity was more like a cultural/linguistic stuff than DNA based like modern identities.

If you look at all the main late Greek and Roman writers of antiquity they were mostly hellenized Middle Easterners and North Africans: Lucian, Plotinus, Apuleius, Iamblichus, Damascius, Nonnos of Panopolis etc.

[Samnium]

But let's be honest: Ancient Greeks likely had very little steppe... But I agree that Island Greek genetics (the most similar to ancient Greeks) is different from Egyptians.

Probably most ''Greeks'' in ancient Alexandria were hellenized natives or people only partially European Greek. Ancient Greek identity was more like a cultural/linguistic stuff than DNA based like modern identities.

If you look at all the main late Greek and Roman writers of antiquity they were mostly hellenized Middle Easterners and North Africans: Lucian, Plotinus, Apuleius, Iamblichus, Damascius, Nonnos of Panopolis etc.

This is isn't true Ancient Greeks had already a good amount of Steppe probably acquired with the Dorian invasion or whatever orher reason.

However I agree that Alexandria had a lot.of hellenized people.