Library of History
By Diodorus Siculus. Made English, By G. BOOTH. London [1814]

The FRAGMENTS out of the Lost Books of Diodorus the Sicilian, gathered by Photius




The FRAGMENTS out of the Lost Books of Diodorus the Sicilian, gather'd by Photius.

A.
  • ALexander Epiphanes, King of Syria, murder'd by his Subjects, Book 32. Eclogue 1. Page 724
  • Antiochis Queen of Cappadocia, cozens her Husband with a supposititious Birth, b 31 e 3. 723
  • Antiochus Epiphanes prophanes the Temple at Jerusalem, b 34. e 1. 726
  • Antiochus Eupator, his War with the Jews, b 34. e 1. ibid
  • Ariamnes II. King of Cappadocia his great love to his Son, and his Son to him, b 31. e 3. 723
  • Ariarathes I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Kings of Cap¦padocia, and the last a favourer of Learning, b 31. e 3.
  • —And the pedegree of those Kings, ibid.
  • Athenio the Captain of the slaves in Sicily, and that servile War, b 36. e 1. 731
B.
  • Battaces; the Priest of Cybele in Phrygia, comes in a strange Habit to Rome, b 36. e 2. 733
  • Bocchus, King of Africa overcome by Marius, b 36. e 1. 729
C.
  • Cadmus; b 40. e 1. 736
  • Caesar; his War with Pompey, b 37. e 2. 735
  • —His Murder, ibid.
  • Callo, a young Wife, afterwards she became a Man, b 32. e 1. 724
  • Capadocia; The Genealogy of their Kings, b 31. e 3. 722
  • Carthage; height of its Walls, b 32. e 2. 725
  • Cattulus murders himself by the Fumes of Lime, b 38. e 2. 736
D.
  • Demetrius, King of Syria, overcomes Alexander, b 32. e 1. 724
E.
  • Enna taken, and plunder'd by the Slaves, b 34. e 2. 727
  • Eunus the Juggler, and Captain of the Slaves in Sicily, ibid.
H.
  • Heraris. a young Wife, becomes a Man, b 32 e 1. 724
  • Hermaphrodites; strange Relations of Hermaphrodites, ibid.
I.
  • Jerusalem; the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes taken by Antiochus Eupator, b 34. e 1. 726
  • Jews, hated of all: An Heathenish Relation of their Coming out of Aegypt, b 34. e 1. b 40. e 1. 726, 736
  • —Their Laws by Moses, ibid.
  • Jugurtha, King of Numidia, brought Prisoner to Rome, b 36. e 1. 729
M.
  • Marsian War, b 37. e 1. 734
  • Masinissa, his Srength and Age, b 32. e 3. 325
  • Megallis, the wife of Demophilus of Enna, thrown down a Rock by the Women Slaves, for her former Cruelty, b 34. e 2. 327
  • Titus Minutius buys a Slave, he fell in Love with, for a great Sum of Money, and stirs up the Servile War in Italy; at length betray'd by his own men, b 36. e 1. 729
  • Moses his Acts, b 34. e 1. b 40. e 1. 726, 736
N.
  • Nerva manages the War against the Slaves in Sicily; slothful, b 36. e 1. 730
P.
  • Persius, King of Macedonia, his extream Misery b 31. e 2. 722
  • Pompey, his Death, b 37. e 2. 734
  • Prusias, King of Bithynia, murder'd by his Son, b 32. e 4. 726
R.
  • Romans; their superstition, b 36. e 2 733
  • —Their Statues of their Ancestors, b 31. e 4. 723
  • —Their Degeneracy from their former Frugality, b 37. e 1. 734
S.
  • Salvius a Piper, Captain of the Slaves in Sicily, is made King, and call'd Tripho, b 36. e 1. 731
  • Sicily; Its lamentable Condition in the time of the servile Wars, b 36. e 1. 729
  • Sylla; His War with Marius, his remarkable Death, b 37. e 2. 735
T.
  • Titinius betrays the S〈…〉s in Sicily, b 36 e 1. 731
V.
  • Varius, Captain of the Slaves in Sicily, b 36. e 1. ibid.
  • Viriathus, General of the Lusitanians, once a Captain of Thieves, his Successes against the Romans, b 32. e 5. 726
W.
  • War; The War of the Slaves among the Romans, b 34. e 2. 727
  • —And in Attica, ibid.
  • —At Nucera, Capua, and by Minutius, b 36. e 1. 729
  • —The Servile Wars in Sicily, under Eunus, Varius, Salvius, and Athenio. b 34. e 2. b 36. e 1. 727, 729


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BOOK XI  BOOK XII  BOOK XIII  BOOK XIV  BOOK XV  BOOK XVI  BOOK XVII  BOOK XVIII  BOOK XIX  BOOK XX 

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