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Re:Ancient public library discovered in Germany by ilove_banh_mi on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:59PM (#17659046)
There definitely were Roman public libraries.

Plinus reports that Pollio built the first public library in Rome around 30 BC. He was a patron of Virgil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Asinius_Pollio_(consul_4...

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