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1. Isidore of Pelusium was now afraid that the impulsive Cyril might have yielded too much (Ep.

Assyrian

1. In the aftermath of the Assyrian victory, Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem, and undertook an expedition up to Pelusium (Per Amun, i.e.

Onions

1. The inhabitants of Pelusium in lower Egypt, who worshipped the onion, are said to have had an aversion to both onions and garlic as food.

Cleopatra

1. C. Cornelius Callus was advancing from Paraetonium; and Octavian himself landed at Pelusium, with the connivance it was believed of Cleopatra.

Egypt

1. Jewish tradition identifies Caphtor the original home of the later Philistines as the region of Pelusium in Egypt.
2. Psamtik III is defeated at the Battle of Pelusium and Egypt is conquered by the Persian empire under Cambyses.

Assyrian Army

1. Josephus takes the king as far as Pelusium, and describes the destruction of the Assyrian army as taking place in the camp before this town.

Ptolemy Xiii

1. Ptolemy XIII was gone to Pelusium and Caesar placed himself in the royal palace and started giving out orders.

Ensuing Battle

1. The ensuing Battle at Pelusium began, Greek Pelos, which was the gateway to Egypt.

Alexandria

1. He took Gaza after a siege of two months; crossed the Desert in seven days; entered Pelusium and Memphis, and founded Alexandria.

Isidore

1. St. Isidore of Pelusium, bishop of Alexandria, monk and abbot of the Monastery of Luchnos.

Pelusium

1. Even astronomers like Conon of Samos, active in Alexandria under Ptolemy III (246-221 B.C.), and his pupil Dositheus of Pelusium, rejected the Dew theories.
2. Ptolemy was born at Pelusium in Egypt, about 70 CE, and attended the school of Alexandria.

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1. Isidore
2. Conon
3. Ensuing Battle
4. Ptolemy Iii
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