2nd century in Egypt

Roman general and usurper (c. 130–175)

Roman legion

pseudonymous text amongst the New Testament apocrypha

Roman quarry in the eastern desert of Egypt

The Basilidians or Basilideans were a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century. Basilides claimed to have been taught his doctrines by Glaucus, a disciple of St. Peter, though others stated he was a disciple of the Simonian Menander.

Roman-period Egyptian porphyry quarry