Alabarch
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An alabarch was a traditionally Jewish official in Alexandria during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, seemingly responsible for taxation and especially customs at the harbor.
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An alabarch was a traditionally Jewish official in Alexandria during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, seemingly responsible for taxation and especially customs at the harbor.
==History== The following alabarchs are known by name: Alexander the Alabarch Tiberius Julius Alexander, son of the preceding Demetrius
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