Kammala wannan jumla: A shekara ta 48 kafin haihuwar Yesu, a lokacin yakin basasa na Kaisar, an kashe Julius Caesar
kewaye da Alexandria. Sojojinsa sun ƙone wasu daga cikin jiragen ruwan Masar da suka sauka a tashar jiragen ruwa na Alexandria yayin da suke ƙoƙarin share tashar jiragen ruwa don toshe rundunar da ke na ɗan'uwan Cleopatra Ptolemy XIV. Wannan wutar da ake zargin ta bazu zuwa sassan garin da ke kusa da tashar jiragen ruwa, ta haifar da mummunar lalacewa. Marubucin wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarni na farko AD kuma masanin falsafa na Stoic Seneca the Younger ya nakalto Livy's "Ab Urbe Condita Libri", wanda aka rubuta tsakanin 63 da 14 BC, yana cewa wutar da Kaisar ya fara ta lalata littattafai 40,000 daga Laburaren Alexandria. The Greek Middle Platonist Plutarch (46<unk>120 AD) ya rubuta a cikin "Life of Caesar" cewa, "Lokacin da abokin gaba ya yi ƙoƙari ya yanke hanyar sadarwa ta teku, an tilasta shi ya karkatar da wannan haɗarin ta hanyar ƙonewa ga jiragen ruwansa, wanda, bayan ya ƙone tashar jiragen ruwa, daga nan ya yada kuma ya hallaka babban ɗakin karatu. " Amma, ɗan tarihi na Roma Cassius Dio (daga shekara ta 155 zuwa 235 A.Z.), ya rubuta: "An ƙone wurare da yawa, kuma aka ƙone tashoshin jiragen ruwa da kuma ɗakunan ajiya na hatsi da littattafai, waɗanda aka ce suna da yawa kuma mafi kyau". Duk da haka, Florus da Lucan kawai sun ambaci cewa harshen wuta ya ƙone jirgin da kansa da kuma wasu "gidaje kusa da teku".