Hellenistic
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Diodorus on Antigonus' siege of Tyre
Tyre (Phoenician רצ, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean.In the winter of 320/319, Ptolemy captured Tyre: a violation of the Triparadisus agreement. Antigonus the One-Eyed, who ought to have been in control…Diodorus on Demetrius' Babylonian campaign
In May 311, Seleucus unexpectedly captured Babylon, the greatest city in the world and one of the most important parts in the empire of Antigonus Monophthalmus. In the autumn of 311, he sent his son Demetrius to expell Seleucus. His…Diodorus on the "Freedom of the Greeks"
In the spring of 315, the Third War of the Diadochi broke out. Antigonus Monophthalmus, who controled great parts of Asia between the Hellespont and the Hindu Kush, had to fight against a coalition of Cassander of Macedonia, Lysimachus of…Diodorus on the death of Antipater
In the autumn of 319, Antipater died, the regent of the brother of Alexander the Great and his baby son Alexander. A year before, he had divided Alexander's empire: Ptolemy was recognized as the ruler of a virtually independent Egypt,…Diodorus on the death of Philip Arridaeus
After the death of Alexander the Great, his slow-minded brother Philip Arridaeus became king; a general named Perdiccas was made regent (323-320), and later succeeded by Antipater (320-319) and Polyperchon. King Philip was married to Eurydice, who tried to prevent…Diodorus on the end of the Argeads
Alexander IV In 311, the Diadochi concluded a peace treaty. Ptolemy and Lysimachus were confirmed in their territories, Egypt and Thrace;…Diodorus on the foundation of Halos
General view of the site of Halos In the autumn 304, Demetrius I Poliorcetes invaded Greece, where he liberated the towns…Diodorus on the outbreak of the Babylonian War
Seleucus I Nicator In 320, Seleucus I Nicator had been appointed as satrap of Babylonia, but Antigonus Monophthalmus had expelled him…Diodorus on the revolt of the Greek settlers
After the death of Alexander the Great, the Greek veterans that he had settled in punitive colonies in the eastern satrapies, decided to leave their towns and go back to Europe. Perdiccas, the regent appointed for Alexander's successor Philip Arridaeus,…Diodorus on the Siege of Rhodes
In 305, Antigonus Monophthalmus, one of the Diadochi (successors of Alexander the Great), sent out his son Demetrius to capture the city and island of Rhodes. It controlled the entrance to the Aegean Sea, and its capture was necessary if…
Diodotus I of Bactria, coin |
Diodotus Tryphon
Diodotus Tryphon ("the magnificent"): name of a king of the Seleucid Empire, ruled from 140 to 138. Portrait of an unidentified…