This library was amazing. It was built in 114 C.E. (Common Error a.k.a. A.D.) and used to hold 12,000 scrolls in the niches around the walls. Architectural trickery was used to make it look bigger than it really was. In general, the sophistication of the Roman Civilization was amazing. Likewise, it somewhat dumfounding that once it was lost, it took so many years to duplicate the sophistication.
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