Reading Diodorus through Photius: The Case of the Sicilian Slave Revolts

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  • Laura Pfuntner University of California, Davis

Abstract

Photius’ interest in the turmoil in II B.C. Sicily, which probably reflects ninth-century anxiety over the Arab invasion of Sicily, led him to shape a coherent monograph, different from Diodorus’ conglomerate and from the Constantinian Excerpta.

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2014-12-12

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Vol. 55 No. 1 (2015)

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