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Who destroyed the library of Alexandria?
There are not many records about this Alexandria library in history, only speculation about its destruction. It is speculated that in BC, Caesar, the commander-in-chief of Rome, personally led his troops to Egypt. At that time, when Caesar led his army through Alexandria, he wanted to take away the books in the library of Alexandria, but in order to stop all this, the citizens inside could only set fire to the ships docked in the port. But no one expected that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, spreading to Alexandria and the library, which led to the burning of Alexandria library.

Some people have found other similarities to this speculation, such as: first, the Alexandria Library was burned down because foreigners invaded this place; Second, all were destroyed by fire; Third, everything related to religion is gone and burned; Fourth, it took a long time to burn this library, not overnight. In fact, the name of this library also has a history.

The library of Alexandria is named after the ancient Greek emperor Alexander. It is said that Alexander was proficient in ancient Greek culture when he was very young, and his teacher was also a famous Aristotle. Alexander also likes reading and has the habit of collecting all kinds of books. Even in wartime, I will take my favorite books to read.

In addition, Alexander's most wanted dream is to build a particularly large library, but unfortunately, he died of illness before it was built. Later, Alexander's successor, Ptolemy I Soter, learned about it, so he decided to start building the library.