<P> The ancient accounts by Plutarch , Aulus Gellius , Ammianus Marcellinus , and Orosius indicate that troops of Caesar accidentally burned the library down during or after the Siege of Alexandria in 48 BC . </P>
<P> The ancient accounts by Plutarch , Aulus Gellius , Ammianus Marcellinus , and Orosius indicate that troops of Caesar accidentally burned the library down during or after the Siege of Alexandria in 48 BC . </P>
when did the library of alexandria burn down
when did the library of alexandria burn down
48 BC
48 BC