12-31-2007, 03:21 PM
As you say, Carlton, many thousands of scrolls and codices were lost. The Library at Alexandria had basically the complete history of Egypt, if we can believe Herodotus, which was accidentally burned in Mark Antony's day.
In How the Irish Saved Civilization, it's pointed out that many of the surviving Classical works are still with us because of just a few people who put in considerable effort and expense to have them copied. Some historic writers allude to other works that are non-existant today. Seems that the conquerors of historical times thought very little about preserving the history of the conquered. They sure weren't considering the problems of modern historical reenactors, now were they?
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In How the Irish Saved Civilization, it's pointed out that many of the surviving Classical works are still with us because of just a few people who put in considerable effort and expense to have them copied. Some historic writers allude to other works that are non-existant today. Seems that the conquerors of historical times thought very little about preserving the history of the conquered. They sure weren't considering the problems of modern historical reenactors, now were they?
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M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
