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Ann: Sefer Toledot Alexandros; (Alexander Romance) (13th)

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Taken from: A Hebrew Alexander Romance According to MS London, Jews' College, Issue 145

By Leo (Archipresbyter)

He (Alexander) proceeded by sea to the lands of Africa (leaving from Italy) and he killed many Africans and Philistines (1) until he subjected their peoples and forced them to pay tribute. He crossed over to Barbaria and came to the Ocean. …..

(1) Philistines: people on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, when they were finally destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

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