The reason for the great library........being in Alexandria, Egypt in the 1st place..............which is on the Nile delta.......the Med...............might have been so the whole of the Eastern Med........to the Italian penn..........had a meeting place with African scholars.....




I bet they split the contents of the great library of Alexandria..........they took it back to Rome.............where the Vatican is...........part of it to other places........maybe Budapest in Hungary......


The prime suspect in destruction of the Library of Alexandria is Julius Caesar. It is alleged that during Caesar's occupation of the city of Alexandria in 48 BCE, he found himself in the Royal Palace, hemmed in by the Egyptian fleet in the harbour. For his own safety he had his men set fire to the Egyptian ships, but the fire got out of control and spread to the parts of the city nearest the shore, which included warehouses, depots and some arsenals.

After Julius Caesar's death it was generally believed that it was he who had destroyed the Library.

After Caesar's death it was generally believed that it was he who had destroyed the Library. Roman philosopher and dramatist Seneca, quoting from Livy's History of Rome, written between 63 BCE and 14 CE, says that 40,000 scrolls were destroyed in the fire started by Caesar. Greek historian Plutarch (died 120 CE) mentions that the fire destroyed 'the great Library' and Roman historian Dio Cassius (c. 165 – 235 CE) mentions a warehouse of manuscripts being destroyed during the conflagration.