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  1. Hi there.
  2. My name is Rosa.
  3. Too silly.
  4. And this is my ancient avatar project.
  5. First of all, the basics.
  6. Our hero was born on January 1st in the year
  7. one c e.
  8. And she is Egyptian, which is one of three main
  9. ethnic groups in her hometown.
  10. Her name is Casio Pia, which is a name that
  11. is Greek in origin.
  12. One of the many examples of the influence of Helen
  13. is, um, across the Roman Empire.
  14. This name means star or mother, which, which is a
  15. reference to the goddess Isis, who my hero worships.
  16. She also speaks Greek again.
  17. Due to this popularity of Helen is, um, and the
  18. spread of Greek culture throughout the Roman Empire.
  19. Next up, where does she come home?
  20. Alexandria, Egypt.
  21. This ancient city was very important port city and acted
  22. as the intellectual hub of the ancient world.
  23. It was also a very unique city.
  24. Onda Diverse one due to the mix of Egyptian Greek
  25. in Jewish culture.
  26. Alexandra is located on the northern coast of Egypt on
  27. the Mediterranean Sea and acted as a trade link between
  28. Europe and Africa.
  29. This city was a major economic, cultural and intellectual center
  30. because it was this link and offered easy access to
  31. travel some basic history.
  32. Alexandria was founded on 3 30 in 3 31 BC
  33. by Alexander the Great on Dhe.
  34. It quickly became the center of Hellenistic civilization.
  35. It remained the capital of Ptolemaic, Egypt and the capital
  36. of Roman and Byzantine Egypt for almost 1000 years until
  37. the Muslim conquest in 6 41 80 again, the diversity
  38. of the city was very unique.
  39. Um, Alexander was this Hellenistic Learning Center, Um, mostly because
  40. of its Library of Alexandria and focus on intellectual progression.
  41. Um, in the city there were three distinct ethnic groups
  42. Egyptian, Greek, in Jewish.
  43. It was actually home to one of the largest, uh,
  44. Jewish urban centers in the world at the time on
  45. dhe, this unique mix of cultures offered great religious and
  46. social diversity.
  47. Next up, religion in her life.
  48. Um, my ancient avatar worships Isis and is part of
  49. the cult of Isis.
  50. This Egyptian goddess is the protector of family women in
  51. newborns, the goddess of fertility and fortune, and the goddess
  52. whose magic could cheat fate and death.
  53. Um, this cult spread throughout the Hellenistic world as it
  54. was largely supported by Ptolemaic leaders, which led to its
  55. popularity. Isis was the sister wife of a Cyrus and
  56. the mother of Horace, which were two other very important
  57. Egyptian gods at the time, and she symbolized by the
  58. monk and the star of Isis.
  59. Popular Prayer said to her during worship, was called the
  60. invocation of Isis.
  61. And there were two major festivals that honored her.
  62. The vernal equinox, which celebrated the return of life to
  63. the world in spring, around March 20th and several day
  64. Passion Play, which shows the death of a Cyrus and
  65. how Isis returned him toe life taking place at the
  66. end of October and beginning of November.
  67. And finally an important event that happened in my avatars
  68. life in 38 a.
  69. D. There were great tensions over the respect that he
  70. used to be paid to the Roman Emperor, And this
  71. led to great conflict between Greeks and Jews and Jews
  72. and led to riots in fighting in the city at
  73. the time which would have impacted her life.
  74. And that is my ancient avatar.
  75. Thank you so much.
  76. Hope you enjoyed