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What year was the Library of Alexandria burned?

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What year was the Library of Alexandria burned?

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According to legend, the library at Alexandria was burned three times: in ad272 (by order of the Roman emperor Lucius Domitius Aurelian), in 391 (under the Roman emperor Theodosius I), and in 640 (by Muslims under the caliph Umar I, 581?-644).