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Contents of the Sixteenth Book of Diodorus

—How Philip, son of Amyntas, succeeded to the Macedonian throne (chaps. 1-2). —How he defeated Argaeus, pretender to the throne (chap. 3). —How, having subdued the Illyrians and the Paeonians, he acquired the empire of his fathers (chap. 4). —On the pusillanimity of Dionysius the Younger and the flight of Dion (chaps. 5-6). —The founding of Tauromenium in Sicily (chap. 7.1). —Events in Euboea and in the course of the Social War (chap. 7.2-end). —Siege of Amphipolis by Philip and its capture (chap. 8.1-2). —How Philip, having reduced to slavery the people of Pydna, developed the gold mines (chap. 8.3-end). —How Dion, having liberated the Syracusans, defeated Dionysius (chaps. 9-15). —How, after being expelled from his native land, he again got control of Syracuse (chaps 16-20). —Conclusion of the Social War (chaps. 21-22.2). —Combination of three kings against Philip (chap. 22.3). —How Philomelus the Phocian, having seized Delphi and its oracle, kindled the Sacred War (chaps. 23-25). —On the original discovery of the oracle (chap. 26). —The defeat and death of Philomelus the Phocian (chaps. 27-31). —Onomarchus' succession to the command and his preparations for war (chaps. 32-33). —How the Boeotians, having come to the assistance of Artabazus, defeated the satraps of the Great King (chap. 34.1-2). —How the Athenians, having gained the mastery of the Chersonesus, colonized it (chap. 34.3-4). —How Philip, having captured Methone, razed it (chap. 34.4-end). —How Philip, having defeated the Phocians, drove them from Thessaly (chap. 35.1). —How Onomarchus the Phocian, having defeated Philip in two battles, brought him into extreme peril (chap. 35.2). —How Onomarchus, having defeated the Boeotians, seized Coroneia (chap. 35.3). —How Onomarchus, in a pitched battle with Philip and the Thessalians in Thessaly, was defeated (chap. 35.4-5). —How Onomarchus himself was hanged and the rest of his faction were drowned in the sea as temple-robbers (chap. 35.6). —How Phayllus, having succeeded to the command, coined into money many of the silver and gold dedications at the shrine (chap. 36.1). —How, having raised the rate of pay, he gathered a multitude of mercenaries (chap. 36). —How he raised the fortunes of the Phocians when they were at their lowest ebb (chap. 37.1). —How, by corrupting the cities and their chief men with bribes, he won many allies (chap. 37.2-3). —How the tyrants of the Pheraeans, having betrayed Pherae to Philip, became allies of the Phocians (chap. 37.3). —Battle of the Phocians with the Boeotians near Orchomenus and defeat of the Phocians (chap. 37.4-5). —Other battles of the same peoples by the Cephisus and Coroneia and victory of the Boeotians (chap. 37.5-6). —How Phayllus, having made an expedition into Locris, captured many cities (chap. 38.1-5). —How Phayllus, having fallen ill of a wasting sickness, died a painful death (chap. 38.6). —How Phalaecus, having succeeded to the command, conducted the war disgracefully, and was driven into exile (chaps. 38.6-end and 59). —How the peoples of the Peloponnese broke out in civil strife (chap. 39). —How Artaxerxes, commonly called Ochus, again got possession of Egypt, Phoenicia, and Cyprus (chaps. 40-52.8). —How Philip, having won the Chalcidian cities to his side, razed their most important one (chaps. 52.9-55). —Investigation of the expenditure of the sacred monies and punishment of the pillagers (chaps. 56-57). —How those who took refuge at the shrine of Apollo, Phocians all, five hundred in number, were miraculously to the last man burned to death (chap. 58). —How the Phocian war was concluded (chaps. 59-60). —How those who had participated with the Phocians in the pillaging of the shrine were all punished by some sort of divine agency (chaps. 61-64). —The voyage of Timoleon to Sicily and his fortunes up to his death (chaps. 65-90 passim). —The siege of Perinthus and Byzantium by Philip (chaps. 74-77). —Philip's battle with the Athenians at Chaeroneia and the defeat of the Athenians (chaps. 84-88). —How the Greeks chose Philip as their generalissimo (chap. 89). —How Philip was assassinated as he was about to cross into Asia (chaps. 91-95).

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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