Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 48 BC, panguva yeHondo yeVanhu yaKesari, Julius Caesar akakombwa paAlexandria
. Varwi vake vakapisa zvimwe zvikepe zveIjipiti zvakanga zvasvika pachiteshi chengarava cheAlexandria pavaiedza kubuda pachiteshi chengarava kuti vadzivise ngarava dzaPtolemy XIV, munun'una waCleopatra. Moto uyu unonzi wakapararira kumativi eguta ari pedyo zvikuru nezviteshi zvengarava, uchiparadza zvikuru. Munyori wemitambo wechiRoma womuzana remakore rokutanga AD uye muzivi wechiStoic Seneca Muduku anonokora mashoko aLivy's "Ab Urbe Condita Libri", iyo yakanyorwa pakati pa 63 na 14 BC, achiti moto wakatangwa naKesari wakaparadza mipumburu 40 000 kubva kuRaibhurari yeAlexandria. MuPlatonist wepakati wechiGiriki Plutarch (46<unk>120 AD) anonyora mubhuku rake rinonzi "Life of Caesar" kuti, "[W]hen the enemy endeavored to cut off his communication by sea, he was forced to divert that danger by setting fire to his own ships, which, after burning the docks, thence spread on and destroyed the great library". Zvisinei, wezvenhau weRoma Cassius Dio (155 <unk> 235 AD), anonyora, kuti: "Nzvimbo dzakawanda dzakapiswa nomwoto, nomugumisiro wokuti, pamwe chete nedzimwe zvivako, nzvimbo dzokugadzira zvikepe nenzvimbo dzokuchengetera zviyo nemabhuku, zvinotaurwa kuva zvakawanda uye zvakanakisisa, zvakapiswa". Zvisinei, Florus naLucan vanongodudza bedzi kuti marimi omwoto akapisa ngarava pachadzo uye dzimwe "dzimba dziri pedyo negungwa".