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Date Books/Library Burned Perpetrators Summary
213 BC Chinese philosophy books Emperor Qin Shi Huang Following the advice of minister Li Si, Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered the burning of all philosophy books and history books from states other than Qin — beginning in 213 BC. This was followed by the live burial of a large number of intellectuals who did not comply with the state dogma.

The damage to Chinese culture was compounded during the revolts which ended the short rule of Qin Er Shi, Qin Shi Huang's son. The imperial palace and state archives were burned, destroying many of the remaining written records that had been spared by the father.

??? Protagoras' "On the Gods" Athenian authorities The Classical Greek philosopher Protagoras was a proponent of agnosticism, writing a now lost work entitled On the Gods. According to Diogenes Laertius (and also mentioned by Cicero [1]), the above outspoken Agnostic position taken by Protagoras aroused anger, causing the Athenians to expel him from their city. Authorities ordered all copies of the book be collected and burned in the marketplace. However, the Classicist John Burnet doubts this account, as both Diogenes Laertius and Cicero wrote hundreds of years later and no such persecution is mentioned by contemporaries who make extensive references to this philosopher[2]. Burnet noted that even if some copies of the book were burned, enough of them survived to be known and discussed in the following century.
168 BC Jewish Holy Books Antiochus IV The Seleucid monarch, Antiochus IV, ordered Jewish 'Books of the Law' found in Jerusalem to be 'rent in pieces' and burned (1 Maccabees 1:56) - part of the series of persecutions which precipitated the revolt of the Maccabees.
25 AD Roman history book The Aedile
(office of the Roman Republic)		 Senator Aulus Cremutius Cordus' was forced to commit suicide and his History was burned by the aediles, under the order of the senate. The book's praise of Brutus and Cassius, who had assassinated Julius Caesar, was considered an offence under the lex majestatis. A copy of the book was saved by Cordus' daughter Marcia and it was published again under Caligula. Only a few fragments survived to the present.
~50 AD Torah scroll Roman soldier Flavius Josephus[3] relates that about the year 50 a Roman soldier seized a Torah-scroll and, with abusive and mocking language, burned it in public. This incident almost brought on a general Jewish revolt against Roman rule, such as broke out two decades later. However, the Roman Procurator Cumanus appeased the Jewish populace by beheading the culprit.
??? Sorcery scrolls Early christian converts at Ephesus According to the New Testament book of Acts, early converts to Christianity in Ephesus who had previously practiced sorcery burned their scrolls: "A number who had practised sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas." (Acts 19:19, NIV)[4]
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???		 Torah scroll Hadrian Haninah ben Teradion, one of the Jewish Ten Martyrs was burned at the stake with a forbidden Torah scroll he had been teaching.
??? the Torah Apostomus Among five catastrophes said to have overtaken the Jews on the Seventeenth of Tammuz, the Mishnah[5] includes "the burning of the Torah by Apostomus". Since no further details are given and there are no other references to Apostomus in Jewish or non-Jewish sources, the exact time and circumstances of this traumatic event are debated, historians assigning to it different dates in Jewish history under Seleucid or Roman rule, and it might be identical with one of the events noted above (see Apostomus page).
292 AD Egyptian alchemy texts Diocletian The Ancient Egyptian alchemical books of Alexandria were burnt by the emperor Diocletian.
303 AD Christian books Diocletian Christian books burned by a decree of emperor Diocletian.
325 AD Books of Arianism After first Council of Nicaea Following the first Council of Nicaea, the books of Arius and his followers were burned for heresy.
364 AD Library of Antioch Jovian The Christian Emperor Jovian ordered the entire Library of Antioch to be burnt[6]. It had been heavily stocked by the aid of his non-Christian predecessor, Emperor Julian
~400 AD The Sibylline Books Flavius Stilicho
383 AD Writings of Priscillian Ávila Theologian Priscillian's writings condemned as heretical. At one time considered irreversibly lost, surviving copies were discovered in the 19th century.
392 AD Alexandria library Rome The library of the Serapeum was trashed, burned, and looted by decree of Theophilus of Alexandria acting on orders from Theodosius I.
435 AD Nestorius' books Greece??? By edict of Theodosius II for heresy, the Greek originals of most of these writings were irrevocably destroyed, surviving mainly in Syriac translations.
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  1. ^ Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.23.6
  2. ^ John Burnet, "Greek Philosophy: From Thales to Plato", 1914
  3. ^ "Ant." xx. 5, § 4; "B. J." ii. 12, § 2.
  4. ^ Curious arts (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
  5. ^ Ta'anit iv. 6.
  6. ^ Michael von Albrecht, and Gareth L. Schmeling, A history of Roman literature (1997), page 1744