Some historians believe the loss of the Alexandrian library, along with the dissolution of its huge community of scribes and scholars, created the conditions for the Dark Ages that descended across Europe as the Roman empire crumbled from within.

一些历史学家相信亚历山大图书馆的毁灭，以及大量抄写员和学着群体的解散，造成了黑暗时代（欧洲中世纪）的到来，欧洲中世纪和罗马帝国衰落的局面。