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Did Alexandria burn in one night?

  • Library of Alexandria | Description, Facts, & Destruction
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    Library of Alexandria
    One night? Not really đŸ”„ The Library’s fall looks more like centuries of damage, not one dramatic blaze.
  • A colorized 19th-century depiction of the Library of Alexandria burning.
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    Library of Alexandria
    Caesar’s fire in 48 BCE likely hit dockside stores, not the whole library 📜
  • Ruins of the Serapeum, Alexandria
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    Later blows mattered too: the Serapeum was destroyed in 391, and Aurelian’s fighting damaged the royal quarter earlier đŸ’„
  • Founding the Library of Alexandria
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    Library of Alexandria
    What was lost was spread-out knowledge: commentaries, rare texts, and copies that had to be recopied again and again 🧠✹

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