[RightWhale]

It wasn't the Greeks, Romans, or Christians that burned the contents of the Library of Alexandria.

It was indeed Christians in another of their unlimited series of internecine squabbles.

[aruanan]

It was indeed Christians in another of their unlimited series of internecine squabbles.

Close.

The museum and library survived for many centuries but were destroyed in the civil war that occurred under the Roman emperor Aurelian in the late 3rd century AD; the “daughter library” was destroyed by Christians in AD 391.
--Encyclopedia Britannica