[Links nur für registrierte Nutzer]The Royal Library of Antioch was destroyed in 363 AD by Christian Emperor Jovian, “at the urging of his wife, burned the temple with all the books in it with his concubines laughing and setting the fire,” which greatly displeased the citizens of the city as they could only watch angrily as the collection went up in smoke.
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The Royal Library of Antioch had been heavily stocked with “unholy” literature by the aid of his non-Christian predecessor, Emperor Julian the Apostate. This collection also included the pagan works of the library of Gregory, Bishop of Alexandria, who was murdered by an anti-Christian mob in 361. The Emperor Julian then procured his library—replete with classical texts—and added them to the library of Antioch.