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New site? Maybe some day. Username: SPAM Filter: re-type this (values are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E, or F) Message: UBB enabled. HTML disabled Spam Filtering enabledIcons: (click image to insert) Show All - pop Select Color orange orange-red crimson red firebrick dark red green limegreen teal silver sea-green deeppink tomato coral purple indigo burlywood sandy brown sienna chocolate FONTXXSmallXSmallSmallMediumLargeXLXXL :DG: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Char† ‡ ‰ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ‾ ← ↑ → ↓ ™ – —   ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ § ¨ © ª « ¬ ­ ® ¯ ° ± ² ³ ´ µ ¶ · ¸ ¹ º » ¼ ½ ¾ ¿ À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ð Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö × Ø Ù Ú Û Ü Ý Þ ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ð ñ ò ó ô õ ö ÷ ø ù ú û ü ý þ ÿ b i u  add: url  image  video(?) : post by Headbanging_Man at 2012-04-18 20:31:40 It is a sound argument when we do not have any real historical sources that can definitively say that a portion or all of the collection was destroyed at a specific point in time. It's clear Caesar used fire in the city and may have damaged parts of the collection, and it's clear that Theophilus destroyed some pagan temples and artifacts, but again, not at all clear how this affected the collections tied to the Library. Therefore, we cannot even say that there was ever a deliberate destruction of and crime against knowledge. There is no proof that there was ever a deliberate purge of the works, merely that over time they disappeared, were destroyed, or lost. If we do know anything else for sure, why don't you enlighten us with a little evidence? The International Military Tribunal defines "Crimes against humanity: murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against civilian populations, before or during the war; or persecutions on political, racial or religious grounds in execution of or in connection with any crime within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, whether or not in violation of the domestic law of the country where perpetrated." Clearly the Christian persecution of Pagans in 4th Century Alexandria would fit under the modern definition, but again, there is no evidentiary link between these events and the loss of the collection of the Library. Furthermore, most of the works in the Library were copies or copies were made from the stored originals, so it was not, by design, a sole repository, even if the passage of time made many of the contained works unique. The tragedy in the loss of the collection is just as likely rooted in the poor technological and intellectual understanding of archiving techniques at the time as it is in a deliberate attempt to snuff out religiously unpalatable material.

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