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Diodorus on Alexander's Decree on the Exiles
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…Diodorus on Sphacteria
Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE. …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 battle of Chaeronea
Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE. Map…Diodorus on the death of Philip
Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE.In October 336, king Philip of Macedonia was killed in the theater of Aegae by Pausanias, one of his bodyguards. Although…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 sack of Thebes
Diodorus of Sicily: Greek historian, author of the Library of World History. His activities can be dated between 60 and 30 BCE. The…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…Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes of Sinope (c.412-c.323): Greek sculptor, co-founder of the Cynical school. Diogenes of Sinope Diogenes of Sinope was a student of Antisthenes.…
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Diomedes. Copy of a statue by Cresilas |