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Pelusium is a city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of Port Said. Alternative names include Pelousion ( Greek), Sin ( Chaldaic), Seyân ( Aramaic), and Tell el-Farama (modern Arabic).It is named (as "Sin, the strength of Egypt") in the Biblical book of Ezekiel, chapter 30:15.
It is also the seat of a metropolitan bishopric in the modern-day Eastern Orthodox church.
1 History
- 700s BC: The army of Sennacherib the Assyrian is struck down with rodent-borne disease here.
- 520s BC: The city is taken by Cambyses II of PersiaCambyses II ( Persian Kambujiya , was the name borne by the father and the son of Cyrus the Great. When Cyrus conquered Babylon in 539 BC he was employed in leading religious ceremonies (Chronicle of Nabonidus), and in the cylinder which contains Cyrus's – according to legend, without a fight, by the simple expedient of having the invading army drive catFor alternative meanings see cat (disambiguation). The cat (also called domestic cat or house cat is a small feline carnivorous mammal. Its scientific name is Felis silvestris catus or Felis silvestris domesticus but the species is sometimes referred to as (sacred to the local goddess BastetIn Egyptian mythology, Bastet or Bast was a solar deity and a goddess of fertility and protector of pregnant women. She also has power over a solar eclipses. Bastet was represented as early as the Second Dynasty of the Old Kingdom as a woman with a feline) before them.
- 48 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC 0s Years: 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC 48 BC 47 BC 46 BC 45 BC 44 BC 43 BC Events July 10 Roman Civil War: Battle of Dyrrha: PompeyThis article refers to the Roman General. However, Pompey is also the nickname of the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England, and also of its principal football club, Portsmouth F. Pompey is not to be confused with the Roman city of Pompeii. Gnaeus Pomp is murdered in Pelusium.
- 55 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC Years: 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC Events Julius Caesar commands the first Rom: Pelusium falls to Marc Antony.
- AD 1117Events May 3 Merton Priory ( Thomas Becket school) consecrated Births Deaths 1117.: Baldwin I of Jerusalem razes Farama to the ground, but dies shortly afterwards of food poisoning after eating a plateful of the local fish.
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Cities in Egypt
