Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin AD 115, an lalata manyan sassan Alexandria yayin Yaƙin Kitos, 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 Girgizar ƙasa ta Crete
), wani taron da ake tunawa da shi kowace shekara shekaru bayan haka a matsayin "ranar tsoro".