The era of
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3 recaps across 2 years of the decade. Reconstructed from contemporary coverage, archives, and the public record.
Italy · 44 · Wars
44Assassination of Julius Caesar
The murder of Rome's most powerful man fractured the Republic and precipitated the civil wars that birthed the Empire.
Egypt · 48 · Disasters
48Library of Alexandria Destruction Begins
The progressive destruction of antiquity's greatest repository of knowledge during Caesar's siege and subsequent conflicts represents an incalculable loss to human intellectual heritage and scientific transmission.
Egypt · 48 · Disasters
48Library of Alexandria Catastrophes
Fires during Caesar's siege of Alexandria destroyed vast holdings of Hellenistic knowledge, marking antiquity's most consequential loss of intellectual patrimony.
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