19:5019:50, 18 July 2013diffhist+187
Library of Alexandria
A superscript note has been added to indicate that Ammianus has confused the Serapeum with the Great Library, a mistake that is repeated by Gibbon, who here depended upon Ammianus.
00:0900:09, 6 July 2013diffhist+178
Library of Alexandria
A superscript note has been added to the statement that "It is also most probable that the library was destroyed by someone other than Caesar." Neither Seneca, Plutarch, nor Dio lend it credence.
3 July 2013
03:4003:40, 3 July 2013diffhist−54
Library of Alexandria
Omit the phrase "and described its two buildings as 'perfectly intact,' as the author of this essay later says that Strabo "does not mention the library specifically."
19:5019:50, 18 July 2013diffhist+187
Library of Alexandria
A superscript note has been added to indicate that Ammianus has confused the Serapeum with the Great Library, a mistake that is repeated by Gibbon, who here depended upon Ammianus.
00:0900:09, 6 July 2013diffhist+178
Library of Alexandria
A superscript note has been added to the statement that "It is also most probable that the library was destroyed by someone other than Caesar." Neither Seneca, Plutarch, nor Dio lend it credence.
3 July 2013
03:4003:40, 3 July 2013diffhist−54
Library of Alexandria
Omit the phrase "and described its two buildings as 'perfectly intact,' as the author of this essay later says that Strabo "does not mention the library specifically."