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jan 1, 80 BC - Private libraries in Rome

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There were many private libraries in classical Rome, including that of Cicero. Indeed, it became highly fashionable to own a library, judging from the strictures of the moralizing statesman Seneca and the spiteful jibes by the poet Lucian on the uncultured “book clown.” Excavations at both Rome and Herculaneum have revealed what were undoubtedly library rooms in private houses

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jan 1, 80 BC
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~ 2107 years ago