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Diodorus Siculus (Greek: Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης), was a Greek historian who flourished in the 1st century BC. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it The 1st century BC started the first day of 100 BC and ended the last day of 1 BC. According to Diodorus own work he was born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira). Agìra is a Town in the Province of Enna, Sicily (southern Italy) Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy. With but one exception, antiquity affords no further information about Diodorus’ life and doing, than is to be found in his own work, Bibliotheca historica. Bibliotheca historica ("Historical Library" is a work of Universal history by Diodorus Siculus. Only Jerome, in his Chronicon under the year of Abraham 1968 (49 BC) writes "Diodorus of Sicily, a writer of Greek history, became illustrious". Jerome (c 347 – September 30, 420) ( Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος The Chronicle (or Chronicon or Temporum liber) was a Universal chronicle, one of Jerome 's earliest attempts in the department of history Year 49 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus His English translator, Charles Henry Oldfather, remarks on the "striking coincidence" that one of only two known Greek inscriptions from Agyrium (I. G. XIV, 588) is the tombstone of one "Diodorus, the son of Apollonius".

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Main article: Bibliotheca historica
Ptolemy coin with Alexander wearing an elephant scalp, symbol of his conquests in India.
Ptolemy coin with Alexander wearing an elephant scalp, symbol of his conquests in India. Bibliotheca historica ("Historical Library" is a work of Universal history by Diodorus Siculus. For the astronomer see Ptolemy; for others named "Ptolemy" or "Ptolemaeus" see Ptolemy (disambiguation.

Diodorus' universal history, which he named Bibliotheca historica ("Historical Library"), consisted of forty books, which were divided into three sections. The first six books are geographical in theme, and describe the history and culture of Ancient Egypt (book I), of Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, and Arabia (II), of North Africa (III), and of Greece and Europe (IV - VI). Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country In Classical Antiquity, Scythia ( Greek Skuthia) was the area in Eurasia inhabited by the Scythians, from the 8th The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία In the next section (books VII - XVII), he recounts the history of the World starting with the Trojan War, down to the death of Alexander the Great. In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' The last section (books XVII to the end) concerns the historical events from the successors of Alexander down to either 60 BC or the beginning of Caesar's Gallic War in 45 BC. The Diadochi (plural of Latin Diadochus, from Greek Διάδοχοι, Diadokhoi, "successors" were the rival successors The Gallic Wars were a series of Military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes, lasting from Year 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect According to this calendar it was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar (The end has been lost, so it is unclear whether Diodorus reached the beginning of the Gallic War as he promised at the beginning of his work or, as evidence suggests, old and tired from his labors he stopped short at 60 BC. ) He selected the name "Bibliotheca" in acknowledgement that he was assembling a composite work from many sources. The authors he drew from, who have been identified, include: Hecataeus of Abdera, Ctesias of Cnidus, Ephorus, Theopompus, Hieronymus of Cardia, Duris of Samos, Diyllus, Philistus, Timaeus, Polybius and Posidonius. See Hecataeus of Miletus for the earlier historian Hecataeus of Abdera (or of Teos) was a Greek Historian and Ctesias of Cnidus ( Greek) was a Greek Physician and Historian from Cnidus in Caria. Ephorus or Ephoros ( Ancient Greek:, c 400 - 330 BC) of Cyme in Aeolia, in Asia Theopompus, a Greek Historian and Rhetorician was born on Chios about 380 BC. Hieronymus of Cardia (Thrace, Greek general and Historian, contemporary of Alexander the Great (354-250 BC After the death of the king Duris of Samos, Greek Historian, according to his own account a descendant of Alcibiades, was born about 340 BC Diyllus, probably the son of Phanodemus the Atthidographer (a chronicler of the local history of Athens and Attica) wrote a Universal history of the years Philistus, ( c 432 BC - 356 BC son of Archomenidas was Greek historian of Sicily. Polybius (ca 203 &ndash 120 BC, Greek) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called The Histories Posidonius ( Greek: Ποσειδώνιος / Poseidonios "of Apameia " (ὁ Απαμεύς or "of Rhodes " (ὁ Ρόδιος (ca

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