Small footnote: despite its standing in popular culture, the burning of the library at Alexandria was not as important as they make it. > We do not lose texts

Small footnote: despite its standing in popular culture, the burning of the library at Alexandria was not as important as they make it. > We do not lose texts because of catastrophic events that wipe out all copies of them. We lose texts because they stop being copied. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5t6op5/facts_about_the_library_of_alexandria/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5t6op5/facts...