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0391-01-01Unsubstantiated
Theophilus destroys Serapeum
Bishop Theophilus oversees the demolition of the Serapeum on an order from Emperor Theodosius I. The temple housed a library, but the church historian Socrates Scholasticus records the demolition without mentioning books.
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