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Very little is known about the Library of Alexandria during the time of the Roman Principate (27 BC – 284 AD). [82] The emperor Claudius (ruled 41–54 AD) is recorded to have built an addition onto the Library, [93] but it seems that the Library of Alexandria's general fortunes followed those of the city of Alexandria itself. [94]
The library, Dar al-'ilm, was burned. [20] Library of Ghazna Ghazna: Ghurid empire: 1151 'Ala al-Din Husayn: City was sacked and burned for seven days. Libraries and palaces built by the Ghaznavids were destroyed. [21] Library of Nishapur Nishapur: Seljuk Empire: 1154 Oghuz Turks: City partially destroyed, libraries sacked and burned. [22 ...
In 50 BC the Library of Alexandria burned. In 64, Rome went up in flames, as did Amsterdam in 1421. In 1666, most of London turned to ashes, including over 13,000 homes. In an 1845 theater fire in ...
Evidence is scant for all four fires, but the library was eventually destroyed. 48 BC – Library of Alexandria accidentally burned during siege by Julius Caesar. 272 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned during the occupation of Alexandria. 391 – Library of Alexandria possibly burned by order of Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Bibliotheca Alexandrina pool. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Latin, 'Library of Alexandria'; [1] Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية, romanized: Maktabat al-’Iskandariyya, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mækˈtæb(e)t eskendeˈɾejjæ]) (BA) is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt.
48 BC – Great Royal Library of Alexandria burned. 47 BC – Siege of Alexandria. ... "Alexandria After 22 Years", Egypt and Iceland in the Year 1874, New York: ...
Muse statue, a common scholarly motif in the Hellenistic age.. The Mouseion of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Μουσεῖον τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας; Latin: Musaeum Alexandrinum), which arguably included the Library of Alexandria, [1] was an institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter and his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus. [2]
The library began to decline starting with Ptolemy VIII in 145 B.C., who appointed a palace guard as head librarian as a political favor. [11] The Library, or part of its collection, may have been accidentally burned during Caesar's Civil War in 48 B.C., but it is unclear how much was actually destroyed. [11]