He repaired immediately to Alexandria, with a great army, and a great number of Greek attendants and followers, and there commenced a reign which continued, in great prosperity and splendor, for forty years.

The native Egyptians were reduced, of course, to subjection and bondage.

All the offices in the army, and all stations of trust and responsibility in civil life, were filled by Greeks.

Alexandria was a Greek city, and it became at once one of the most important commercial centers in all those seas.

Greek and Roman travelers found now a language spoken in Egypt which they could understand, and philosophers and scholars could gratify the curiosity which they had so long felt, in respect to the institutions, and monuments, and wonderful physical characteristics of the country, with safety and pleasure.