Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In May 334, Alexander the Great invaded Asia with a large army - larger, for example, than the army…
During the Olympic Games of 324, Alexander announced that all exiles in all Greek towns were allowed to return. It is questionable whether he was entitled to do this, even though he was leader of the Corinthian league. The result…
The Greek author Diodorus of Sicily describes the last plans of Alexander the Great in chapter 18.4.1-6 of his Library of World history.
The translation below was made by M.M. Austin.
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…
In the summer of 336, Darius III Codomannus became king of Persia. This brave man was to be the last king of the ancient empire, because he was defeated by Alexander the Great.
Darius became king after a very troubled succession.…
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 of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In the first weeks of 325, Alexander was almost mortally wounded, the Greek settlers in Sogdia revolted, and the way back…
Battle of Himera (480 BCE): decisive Syracusan victory over the Carthaginians, which secured Syracuse's hegemonial position in the fifth century. This is the translation of Diodorus, World History 11.20-23, made by C.H. Oldfather.The Carthaginians, we recall, had agreed with the Persians…
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 of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In November 333, Alexander the Great and his trusted general Parmenion defeated the Persian king Darius III Codomannus on the uneven…