Nero's Alexandria: The Great Jewish-Greek Riot of 66 AD

In the summer of 66 AD, Alexandria exploded into a firestorm of ethnic violence between Greeks and Jews that left streets choked with bodies. This episode takes you inside the riot that nearly cost Rome its grain supply — and forced the emperor Nero to send his own personal envoy across the Mediterranean. We follow the chain reaction: from a booby-trapped Greek amphitheater, to the lynching of an Egyptian prefect, to the letter that Nero dictated from his Golden House. We explore the deep roots of Greek-Jewish hatred in Alexandria — the gymnasium, the civic privileges, the synagogues — and how the emperor's attempt at a compromise backfired, leaving his reputation in tatters. We also introduce the real power behind the throne in Egypt: Tiberius Julius Alexander, the Jewish-born Roman prefect who would later betray his own people. This is the untold story of Nero's forgotten crisis — not a fire, not a conspiracy, but a city tearing itself apart while the emperor played his cithara. #Nero #Alexandria #JewishRevolt #GreekJewishRiot #66AD #TiberiusJuliusAlexander #Egypt #RomanHistory #AncientHistory #Pogrom #GrainFleet #AlexandrianRiots #Philo #Flaccus #AnnalsOfTacitus #Josephus #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo