Alexandria: The Greatest City

6.9

/10

48mDocumentary Drama Animation

Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the world's first global centre of culture. The documentary also looks at the role of astronomer and philosopher Hypatia, and incorporates stunning footage from the feature film 'Agora'.Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the world's first global centre of culture. The documentary also looks... Read more

Starring Bettany Hughes

Watch "Alexandria: The Greatest City" from streaming services Amazon Prime, Acorn TV (Prime), Pluto TV released in 2010. It's a documentary and drama movie, and has a rating of 6.9 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.