The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-06
ANCIENT HISTORY
Egypt Was Once a Province
of Rome.
PERSON OF EQUESTRIAN RANK


of Egypt-when the Christian Re-
Hgios Was Introduced Into Egypt
They Had Warm Tfme-Cyril
Eseroached Upon the Rights OF the
Magistrates - Another Egyptian
Beauty Created a Commouon.
(Continued from last issue.)
BiikinsviIIe, " G. April 3, 1911.
Correspondence Of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
BY the death OF Cleopatra the dy-
nasty or the Ptolemies wuZ finished
after hit had lasted about 294 years.
an Egypt wuz converted into pro-
vince ov Rome. That the people oy
that country mite continue united TO
sthe Roman government, none ov the
noblemen were allowed TO hey inter
course with the Egyptian people. The
Kingdom ov the Ptolemies wuZ TO be
subject 10 a governor; an that offis
wuz conferred upon Cornelius Gallus,
who wuZ a person ov equestrian rank,
whatever that meant. Mr.. Gallus did
not hev the power to pass a sentence
-oy death, an he had no control ov the
public money; SO Egypt wuz control
led by lone gallus" statesman for
a period anyway.
About this time the Christian re-
1igion wuz introduced into Egypt an
a scene ov confusion an violence en-
sued The heather temples were de-
stroyed by mobs. This led to civil
war. The masses preferred to war
ship in the old style common to
heathenism, while there seemed to be
another large portion who espoused
the cause ov Christ, or practically
what wuZ to be the doctrines ov
Christ, for He had not yet appeared
upon earth, though He arrived only
few years later. The heather Egyp-
tians threw themselves into defensive
position an occupied the temple ov
Scraps, "a massive buildin', where
they resisted awl attacks from with
out for a long time. But the friends
ov idolatry were overpowered an the
great statute ov Scraps wuz broken
into pieces. Cyril, the bishop ov
Alexandria, upon whom much ov the
responsibility rested, proved to be
naughty an over-bearin', an he made
but little progress in an effort to in
T troduce the religion ov Rome. He
, encroached upon the rights ov the
+. civil magistrates in many cases. To
add to the general dissatisfaction,
+ Hypatia, the daughter ov Theon, IA
NOUS educator ov the day, offended
Cyril, an she paid for this by givin'
up her life. She wuz beautiful, &C
complished, popular. an her charac-
ter wuZ ov the best. The cruelty ov
Cyril soon became known throughout
Egypt an he made no progress in an
effort to introduce hiz religion. Hy-
patia wuz finally mobbed by the null
titude on the streets ov Alexandria.
The western Empire of Rome had
fallen by an intrusion ov the Huns,
Goths, an the Vandals, awl bein' ig-
norant an war-like people. The wes-
tern division (now known az Turkey
aw1so went into state ov decay, an
the queen ov Persia then took advan
~tage ov the situation an over-ran diff
ferent portions ov Rome with a large
army. She awlso obtained possession
ov awl ov the principal cities an
towns ov Egypt. But her conquest
didn't hold good for the Mohamedans
soon got control ov most ov her ter
ritory, includin' Persia itself, an her
downfall wuz a hard one.
Omar succeeded to the, empire ov
Mahomet, an in hiz reign Egypt wuZ
subdued by the arms ov the caliph.
Armru Benelas marched hiz troops
into Egypt, an though he met with
+: stubborn residence, he managed to
: get possession ov Memphis and the
immediate locality. Mocawcas, the
yprefect ov Egypt, wuz hostile to the
H7eligion ov Constantinople; and when
the Persians beseiged the capital he
revolted. The city ov Alexandria
naIIy surrendered to the Saracens.
The city wuz exposed to plumber an
the people Jared badly at first, but
they were finally given protection by
the conq-arors; and if they refused
TO .heeonre Mahometans they were re-
nQuired to pay a certain ratio ov trib-
ate each year. Think ov that you
kickers against the comparatively
fair government ov the United
States! Even a Bryan administra-
ton would hesitate before hit would
try such an outrage upon a free
people,
Amru, the conqueror, wuz made
the governor ov Egypt. He added to
hits territory an did some other COM
mendable things, includin' the com
.pletion ov the canal between the
river Nile an the Red Sea.
Othman wuZ later made ruler o.
Egypt, Amru bein' removed. His
tory does not mention any reason
sAbdaliah Bensaid took the job for