The Infamous Pogroms

In AD 38 in Alexandria, Egypt, the Roman prefect (governor) Flaccus encouraged an Egyptian mob to attack the city’s large Jewish community. After rounding up the Jews and shoving them into a small ghetto, rioters plundered their homes and shops and left them to starve. Any Jewish people caught outside the ghetto trying to buy food for their families were savagely beaten, stoned, or torn limb fro