To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Right. There's a persistent myth that Caesar burned the library, but since it is known to have continued to exist thereafter, and the line that describes the event cites "some books which chanced to be there". The library was known as "the ships' library" because its founder had ships in the very busy port searched, any books found removed and copied, and the copies taken back to the ship, with the original archived.
25 posted on
12/11/2010 6:42:18 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
George Bernard Shaw helped propagate the anti-Ceasar slander, in part because Shaw was a smartass and that’s what a smartass would do.
26 posted on
12/11/2010 6:48:53 AM PST by
Lonesome in Massachussets
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