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Rome’s Colosseum hosts ancient library exhibition | PublishingPerspectives
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The exhibition relates how it was Caesar who first wanted to give Rome a public library, a project that was only finished after his death. Such libraries were not stand alone structures, but belonged to multicultural complexes that often included temples and gardens and housed works of art from Roman conquests around the world. The creation of public book collections was part of the cultural policy of several emperors. They could see their worth for the benefit of the people. Pliny the Elder described the library as “an organized archive of the products of human intelligence.”
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