Roman libraries served as political monuments to their founders

Evidence

In the Roman Empire, libraries often functioned as monuments that celebrated the achievements of their founder and their family. In this, the library was just another means with which to bolster a political reputation. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 946

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader theme of libraries as political/status instruments, an echo of the reader’s interest in how libraries served institutional rather than purely informational purposes. — connects to: Libraries functioned as instruments of nationalizing contested border regions — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 739
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 946