he describes a certain "John Grammaticus" (490–570) asking Amr for the "books in the royal library."
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The library seems to have been maintained and continued in existence until its contents were largely lost during the taking of the city by the Emperor Aurelian (270–275), who was suppressing a revolt by Queen Zenobia of Palmyra (ruled Egypt AD 269–274).
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