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To: PIF

The Great Library wasn’t burned by Julius Caesar. Had it been, it wouldn’t have been around to be replaced (crumbling papyrus with parchment) during the Roman era, and then burned by order of the caliph after the muzzie conquest of Egypt.


62 posted on 11/14/2021 9:02:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The Great Library wasn’t burned by Julius Caesar.

I wrote Caesar Antony not, Caesar Julius. It was during his attack on Alexandria leading up to hooking up with Ms. Cleo

👓 in your future


65 posted on 11/15/2021 3:17:16 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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