Kammala wannan magana: A AD 115, an lalata manyan sassan Alexandria a lokacin Kitos War, wanda ya ba Hadrian da masanin gininsa, Decriannus, damar sake gina shi. A shekara ta 215, sarkin sarakuna Caracalla ya ziyarci birnin kuma, saboda wasu maganganu na cin mutunci da mazaunan suka yi masa, ba zato ba tsammani ya umurci sojojinsa su kashe dukan matasa da za su iya ɗaukar makamai. A ranar 21 ga Yuli, 365, an lalata Alexandria da tsunami (
365 Crete girgizar kasa), wani taron da ake tunawa kowace shekara shekaru bayan haka a matsayin "ranar tsoro".