Luke Caverns

And so most of the buildings in Alexandria are made out of stone to prevent fires. But the interior of Alexandria's library would have had all these wooden shelves that would cross where you'd stack all the scrolls in. So everything just – maybe the actual structure of the building doesn't burn down, but the entire interior of it burns up.

And so when Caesar sets fire to the docks to burn all of Pompey's ships, it crawls up the docks and burns the library down. Well, Augustus did the same thing a decade and a half later. Augustus came and he seized Alexandria. And this is when Cleopatra and Mark Antony die. He seizes it. And then there are rebellions because the Alexandrians are very rebellious.

And so when Caesar sets fire to the docks to burn all of Pompey's ships, it crawls up the docks and burns the library down. Well, Augustus did the same thing a decade and a half later. Augustus came and he seized Alexandria. And this is when Cleopatra and Mark Antony die. He seizes it. And then there are rebellions because the Alexandrians are very rebellious.

And so when Caesar sets fire to the docks to burn all of Pompey's ships, it crawls up the docks and burns the library down. Well, Augustus did the same thing a decade and a half later. Augustus came and he seized Alexandria. And this is when Cleopatra and Mark Antony die. He seizes it. And then there are rebellions because the Alexandrians are very rebellious.

They don't want to be ruled by the Romans. And So I think it's Caracalla that he was being made fun of by the Alexandrians. There was a theater in town. It's actually the place where stand-up comedy was invented in Alexandria. Really? And the butt of all the jokes was always the Roman emperor.

They don't want to be ruled by the Romans. And So I think it's Caracalla that he was being made fun of by the Alexandrians. There was a theater in town. It's actually the place where stand-up comedy was invented in Alexandria. Really? And the butt of all the jokes was always the Roman emperor.

They don't want to be ruled by the Romans. And So I think it's Caracalla that he was being made fun of by the Alexandrians. There was a theater in town. It's actually the place where stand-up comedy was invented in Alexandria. Really? And the butt of all the jokes was always the Roman emperor.

So you'd have people talking shit about the Roman emperor standing up in the middle of Alexandria's theater. And so the Roman emperor was always the butt of the joke. Well, Caracalla – I believe it's Caracalla – He's one of the brothers in Gladiator 2, the new Gladiator if you've seen it. I haven't seen it. He's one of the brothers.

So you'd have people talking shit about the Roman emperor standing up in the middle of Alexandria's theater. And so the Roman emperor was always the butt of the joke. Well, Caracalla – I believe it's Caracalla – He's one of the brothers in Gladiator 2, the new Gladiator if you've seen it. I haven't seen it. He's one of the brothers.

So you'd have people talking shit about the Roman emperor standing up in the middle of Alexandria's theater. And so the Roman emperor was always the butt of the joke. Well, Caracalla – I believe it's Caracalla – He's one of the brothers in Gladiator 2, the new Gladiator if you've seen it. I haven't seen it. He's one of the brothers.

But the movie doesn't really depict the actual emperors very accurately. But he gets tired of it. So he just comes down to Alexandria on like a royal visit and executes 25,000 people in the city of Alexandria and burns down parts of it. So he burned down the library for the third time.

But the movie doesn't really depict the actual emperors very accurately. But he gets tired of it. So he just comes down to Alexandria on like a royal visit and executes 25,000 people in the city of Alexandria and burns down parts of it. So he burned down the library for the third time.

But the movie doesn't really depict the actual emperors very accurately. But he gets tired of it. So he just comes down to Alexandria on like a royal visit and executes 25,000 people in the city of Alexandria and burns down parts of it. So he burned down the library for the third time.

And then there was another emperor named Aurelian when a local Alexandrian declared himself the new Egyptian pharaoh. I think he was a real Egyptian. He declared himself like the newest pharaoh and he created this revolt. And then Aurelian had to come and put the revolt down and he burned down the library again. So this is – we're getting close to like 300 AD at this point.

And then there was another emperor named Aurelian when a local Alexandrian declared himself the new Egyptian pharaoh. I think he was a real Egyptian. He declared himself like the newest pharaoh and he created this revolt. And then Aurelian had to come and put the revolt down and he burned down the library again. So this is – we're getting close to like 300 AD at this point.

And then there was another emperor named Aurelian when a local Alexandrian declared himself the new Egyptian pharaoh. I think he was a real Egyptian. He declared himself like the newest pharaoh and he created this revolt. And then Aurelian had to come and put the revolt down and he burned down the library again. So this is – we're getting close to like 300 AD at this point.

Now, in 365 AD, there was a huge earthquake that was off of the coast of Crete, I think, which is the most southern Greek isle. It's where the Minoans lived. I believe it's there or it's off the coast of Cyprus. And so that earthquake just reverberates down to Egypt and this massive tsunami destroys the entire city of Alexandria. And it said it was so catastrophic that –

Now, in 365 AD, there was a huge earthquake that was off of the coast of Crete, I think, which is the most southern Greek isle. It's where the Minoans lived. I believe it's there or it's off the coast of Cyprus. And so that earthquake just reverberates down to Egypt and this massive tsunami destroys the entire city of Alexandria. And it said it was so catastrophic that –

Now, in 365 AD, there was a huge earthquake that was off of the coast of Crete, I think, which is the most southern Greek isle. It's where the Minoans lived. I believe it's there or it's off the coast of Cyprus. And so that earthquake just reverberates down to Egypt and this massive tsunami destroys the entire city of Alexandria. And it said it was so catastrophic that –

I think it's Pliny the Elder or Pliny the Younger comes down in a rescue mission from Italy and he comes to Alexandria and he records that 50,000 people in the city are missing because of, you know, the wave that gets pushed in and that all of the giant boats, these are giant, giant, gigantic boats in Alexandria's harbor, are sitting on top of all the rooftops in the city.