Böcker av Diodorus Siculus

The complete Diodorus Siculus in English in two volumes. Primary source ancient history covering Alexander, the wars of succession, Sicily, Magna Graecia. The complete Diodorus Siculus in English in two volumes. Primary source ancient history covering Alexander, the wars of succession, Sicily, Magna Graecia.

Diodorus of Sicily's The Library, Books 16-20, constitute a unique and vital resource for the careers of Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great, and for the Early Hellenistic Period, the time of the Successors.

Diodorus' Library of History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BCE); history to 54 BCE. Books 1-5 and 11-20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.

A translation and detailed commentary of the narrative of Diodorus Book XVI. Philip II inherited a kingdom near collapse and transformed it into the greatest power in the Mediterranean world. This is an account by Diodorus Siculus of his reign in Macedonia and the Greek mainland.