Ever wonder or speculate what may have been destroyed in the burning of the Library of Alexandria. About 200BC and was already filled with thousands of text. And no I do not believe it was an accident as knowledge is power and the Romans did not want anyone else to have it.
Several stories of who is to blame for the burning of the library, although Julius Caesar certainly burnt some of it. I think I read somewhere that some people think it set civilization back 1000 years. I don’t know - maybe.