Diodorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the Province of Enna).

Jerome dates Diodorus' floruit to 49 BC (Chronica, s.a. Abraham 1968), which is supported by Diodorus' own statements. The earliest date Diodorus mentions is his visit to Egypt in the 180th Olympiad (between 60 and 56 BC), which was marked by his witnessing an angry mob demand the death of a Roman citizen who had accidentally killed a cat, an animal sacred to the ancient Egyptians (Bibliotheca historia 1.41, 1.83). The latest event Diodorus mentions is Octavian's vengeance on the city of (Loeb Classical Library 279) Harvard University Press , 1985, ISBN: 0674993071


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