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Contents of the Sixteenth Book of Diodorus
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but the Athenians, who had suffered the revolt of Chios, Rhodes, and Cos and, moreover, of
Byzantium, became involved in the war called the Social War which lasted three years.1 The
Athenians chose Chares and Chabrias as generals and dispatched them with an army. The two
generals on sailing into Chios found that allies had arrived to assist the Chians from
Byzantium, Rhodes, and Cos, and also from Mausolus,2 the tyrant of Caria. They then drew up their forces and began to besiege
the city both by land and by sea. Now Chares, who commanded the infantry force, advanced
against the walls by land and began a struggle with the enemy who poured out on him from the
city; but Chabrias, sailing up to the harbour, fought a severe naval engagement and was worsted
when his ship was shattered by a ramming attack.
1 Again Diodorus is wrong in the dating of the Social War. The war opened with the attack on Chios in which Chabrias fell. For reasons given in the preceding note this must be the year 357/6. Diodorus (chap. 22.2) closes the war in the year of Elpines, 356/5, after it has lasted "four" years. Dionysius (Dion. Hal. De Lysia Iudicium 12, p. 480) placed the Social War in the years of Agathocles and Elpines (357/6 and 356/5), which seems to be the correct dating. For discussion see Beloch, Griechische Geschichte （2）, 3.2.260-262.
2 Mausolus was the prime instigator of the Social War (see Dem. 15.3). Yet Byzantium, Rhodes, and Chios had joined forces previously when stirred up by Epameinondas (see Book 15.79.1).
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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