Inscription about Tiberius Claudius Balbilus of Rome (died c.AD 79), which confirms that the Library of Alexandria must have existed in some form in the first century (on 5th line: "ALEXANDRINA BYBLIOTHECE").

The Great Library of Alexandria was a large and significant library of the ancient world. It was founded in Alexandria, Egypt. The Library flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship. It was built in the third century BC.