Communication
During the fighting over control of Alexandria in the wake of the assassination of Julius Caesar, either part of the Library at Alexandria is burned or else the books that Cleopatra had given to Caesar in 48 bce are lost. Marc Antony [b. Rome, c. 83 bce, d. 30 bce], now allied with Cleopatra, donates the 200,000-roll library from Pergamum (Bergama, Turkey) to Alexandria to replace the lost books. See also 48 bce Communication; 269 ce Communication.
ConstructionLucius Cocceius Auctus designs and builds two tunnels to ease traffic bottlenecks around Naples, each about 3 m (10 ft) wide and varying in height from 2/5 m (9 ft) to 21 m (70 ft). According to a report by Seneca, they were dark and dusty. See also 522 bce Construction; 41 ce Construction.
Medicine & healthThe Ayurveda is compiled from verbal sources that may date from hundreds of years earlier. It becomes the basic Hindu medical treatise and is still popular as an alternative medical text today. See also 170 ce Medicine & health.
