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Pompey's Pillar

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A block of red granite near Alexandria, forming a pillar 98 ft. 3 in. high; erected in honour of the Emperor Diocletian, who conquered Alexandria in 296. The name is an invention of some mistaken early traveller.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pompey's Pillar'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/pompeys-pillar.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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