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Diodoro Sículo
Data de nascimento: 90 a.C.
Data de falecimento: 30 a.C.
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Diodoro Sículo ou Diodoro da Sicília , foi um historiador grego, que viveu no século I a.C.
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„He (King Philip) wanted as many Greeks as possible to take part in the festivities in honour of the gods, and so planned brilliant musical contests and lavish banquets for his friends and guests. Out of all Greece he summoned his personal guest-friends and ordered the members of his court to bring along as many as they could of their acquaintances from abroad.“
— Diodorus Siculus
Histories 16.91.5-6
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„Every seat in the theater was taken when Philip appeared wearing a white cloak and by his express orders his bodyguard held away from him and followed only at a distance, since he wanted to show publicly that he was protected by the goodwill of all the Greeks, and had no need of a guard of spearmen.“
— Diodorus Siculus
Histories 16.93.1
„Alexander observed that his soldiers were exhausted with their constant campaigns. … The hooves of the horses had been worn thin by steady marching. The arms and armour were wearing out, and the Greek clothing was quite gone. They had to clothe themselves in materials of the barbarians,...“
— Diodorus Siculus
Histories 17.94.1-2
„Such was the end of Philip (II, king of Macedonia)... He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes (Greeks), while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.“
— Diodorus Siculus
Histories 16.95.1-2
