Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike
Diodoros of Sicily: <i>Bibliotheke Historike</i>
Books 21-40: From the Battle of Ipsos (301 BC) to the Catilinarian Conspiracy (62 BC)
Duane W. Roller
, Ohio State University
September 2025
Not yet published - available from September 2025
Hardback
9781009277495
£100.00
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Diodoros' Bibliotheke Historike, written in the last half of the first century BC, is a major source for ancient history from earliest times to his own era. This is the first English translation of Books 21-40 (301-62 BC) in seventy years, and the first ever commentary on those portions of the text. Major topics include the history of Sicily, the career of Hannibal, the slave wars that plagued the era, and the increasing instability of the Roman Republic. Diodoros' insight into the events of these years is a major source for that era, but his account, which survives only in fragments excerpted and to some extent paraphrased by later Byzantine scholars, has long been neglected.
- Provides the first English translation of Books 21-40 of Diodoros for seventy years
- Provides the first commentary in English on these books, covering the period 301-62 BC
- Helps to illuminate an important era in ancient Greek and Roman history
Product details
September 2025Hardback
9781009277495
348 pages
229 × 152 mm
10 maps
Not yet published - available from September 2025
Table of Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Introduction
- Major Topics Covered in Books 21–40
- Book 21
- Book 22
- Book 23
- Book 24
- Book 25
- Book 26
- Book 27
- Book 28
- Book 29
- Book 30
- Book 31
- Book 32
- Book 33
- Book 34
- Book 35
- Book 36
- Book 37
- Book 38
- Book 39
- Book 40
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- List of Passages Cited
- Index.
