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1 day ago · Further evidence for the Library's survival after 48 BC comes from the fact that the most notable producer of composite commentaries during the late first century BC and early first century AD was a scholar who worked in Alexandria named Didymus Chalcenterus, whose epithet Χαλκέντερος (Chalkénteros) means "bronze guts".
- Libraries of The Ancient World
A late 3rd century A.D. establishment, was a great early...
- Imperial Library of Constantinople
The Imperial Library of Constantinople, in the capital city...
- Eratosthenes of Cyrene
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (/ ɛr ə ˈ t ɒ s θ ə n iː z /; Greek:...
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The...
- List of Destroyed Libraries
Birmingham Central Library destroyed by fire, 1879 The urn...
- Zenodotus
A native of Ephesus and a pupil of Philitas of Cos, he lived...
- Palmyrene Invasion
The Palmyrene invasion of Egypt occurred in the summer, or...
- Libraries of The Ancient World
1 day ago · Map of military operations since 1950. 1950–1953: Korean War: The United States responded to the North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. U.S. forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the active conflict (1953).
3 days ago · Event. 1803. San Andres y Providencia islands are annexed to the Viceroyalty of New Granada. 1810. 20 July. Cry of Independence, also known as the Florero de Llorente (Llorente Flower Vase) incident ( Colombian Independence Day ) 25 July. José Miguel Pey de Andrade is President of the Supreme Governing Junta.
11 hours ago · Barcelona ( / ˌbɑːrsəˈloʊnə / ⓘ BAR-sə-LOH-nə, Catalan: [bəɾsəˈlonə] ⓘ, Spanish: [baɾθeˈlona] ⓘ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city ...
1 day ago · 5.0–5.9. 569. 4.0–4.9. 4,860. ← 2023. This is a list of earthquakes in 2024. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
3 days ago · Synopsis Exposition (books 1–4) A mosaic depicting Odysseus, from the villa of La Olmeda, Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain, late 4th–5th centuries AD. The Odyssey begins after the end of the ten-year Trojan War (the subject of the Iliad), from which Odysseus (also known by the Latin variant Ulysses), king of Ithaca, has still not returned because he angered Poseidon, the god of the sea.
2 days ago · The Egyptian pharaoh and unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt was carried off and then killed by a hippopotamus. [2] [3] Draco of Athens. c. 620 BC. The Athenian lawmaker was reportedly smothered to death by gifts of cloaks and hats showered upon him by appreciative citizens at a theatre in Aegina, Greece.
