Viggen Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Not 100% Roman Empire related, but what the heck, Romans used this vast source of knowledge too. to the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 The loss of the library was immeasurable at the time. Its final destruction occuring not long before the fall of western Rome, it certainly played its own small part in ushering the dark ages of western Europe. Even today, while the scientific knowledge has been replaced and improved, the historical record and holes in time that the lost scrolls could provide is a tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted December 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Did nothing survive of the library? What is the chance that some stuff is still hidden somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Probably zero to none... what a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Yeah, pretty much all gone. There were copies of various books in other places around the world, but there are lists of works (some titles are known) that were there, and have never been seen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 History shows that often sometimes unexpected shows up. So the hope remains that we will find something that remaind. I mean remember the ice men (Oetzi) they found in the alps a couple of years back. One find and the lots of the histoy of the alpine bronze age had to be rewritten. Maybe there are some pieces left waiting to be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted July 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 The "new" library of Alexadria has a very nice website, http://www.bibalex.gov.eg/English/index.aspx worth a look or two cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucius artorius castus Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 I am curious how many volumes was there in the library of alexandria and how many pages is there in a volume? thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 For me the loss of this library is the worst thing that ever happened in the ancient era. People and empires come and go, but knowledge is immortal. Unless you burn it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Valerius Scerio Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 I sympathize terribly with all of you. The burning of Library of Alexandria is seriously the worst tragedy to befall the Western world, on par with the massive book burning in China which destroyed so much of its ancient history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 The 'Cultural Revolution?' I totally agree. I work with a lot of Chinese from China, and they all have a hard time even talking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgo Vestalis Maxima Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 The burning of any historical documents is a catastrophic occurance, cultural history is of utmost importance in the development of the people we are today. Knowledge of the past is something to be passed on and cherished, its depressing to know that such valuable and insightful ancient knowledge has been lost to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Valerius Scerio Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 (edited) I missed this earlier - actually, the Chinese had their book burning well before the Cultural Revolution - way back in 540-541 auc (212-213 BCE) by the first emporer of united China Qin Shi Huang. Uh-oh, I just realized that the last post was in January 2005 not January 2006! Mea culpa!!! Edited February 3, 2006 by Q Valerius Scerio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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