Editing Aegina (section)

===Hellenistic period and Roman rule===
[[File:Aegina mosaic.jpg|thumb|The remains of the 4th century synagogue at the Archaeological Museum of Aegina]]

Aegina with the rest of Greece became dominated successively by the [[Macedon]]ians (322–229 BC), the [[Achaean League|Achaeans]] (229–211&nbsp;BC), [[Aetolian League|Aetolians]] (211–210&nbsp;BC), [[Attalus I|Attalus of Pergamum]] (210–133&nbsp;BC) and the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] (after 133&nbsp;BC).<ref name="EB1911"/> A sign at the Archaeological Museum of Aegina is reported to say that a [[Jew]]ish community was established in Aegina "at the end of the second and during the 3rd century AD" by Jews fleeing the [[barbarian invasions]] of the time in Greece.<ref>{{Cite sign |title=Mosaic floor of a Jewish synagogue |medium=Sign |publisher=[[Archaeological Museum of Aegina]] |location=Aegina, Greece}}</ref> However, the first phases of those invasions began in the 4th century. The Romaniote Jewish community erected an elaborate synagogue in rectangle form with an apse on the eastern wall with a magnificent mosaic decorated with geometric motifs, still preserved in the courtyard of the Archaeological Museum of Aegina. The synagogue dates from the 4th century AD and was in use until the 7th century AD.<ref>Belle Mazur, ''Studies on Jewry in Greece. Τόμος Ι.'' Athens 1935.</ref> Local Christian tradition has it that a Christian community was established there in the 1st century, having as its bishop Crispus, the ruler of the [[Corinth]]ian synagogue, who became a Christian,<ref>{{bibleverse||Acts of the Apostles|18:8|ESV}}</ref> and was baptised by [[Paul the Apostle]].<ref>{{bibleverse|1|Corinthians|1:14|ESV}}</ref> There are written records of participation by later bishops of Aegina, Gabriel and Thomas, in the [[Council of Constantinople (869)|Councils of Constantinople in 869]] and [[Council of Constantinople (879)|879]]. The see was at first a [[suffragan]] of the [[metropolitan see]] of Corinth, but was later given the rank of [[archdiocese]].<ref>Michel Lequien, [https://books.google.com/books?id=86weAemI-e4C ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus''], Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 226–227</ref><ref>Pius Bonifacius Gams, [http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1 ''Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae''], Leipzig 1931, pp.&nbsp;430–431</ref> No longer a residential bishopric, Aegina is today listed by the [[Catholic Church]] as a [[titular see]].<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 838</ref>