Bibliotheca historica

Bibliotheca historica or the Library of History was a work of forty books composed by Diodorus Siculus. The work conicouls the history of the world from the Egyptians to the Roman Empire, the work also includes a summary of mythological history. Of the forty books only Books one to five and eleven to twenty survive intact. Books 6 six to ten and twenty one to forty survive only in fragments and epitomes, part of which covers the Hellenistic period and is one of the only sources for this period.
The content of the book can be reconstructed as this
Books 	Content
1-2.34 	History and Geogograthy of Asia and Africa
Books 2.35 to 7.?	Mythlogical History
Books 7.? to 11 	
Early Greek and Roman History
Books 11 to 16 	Wars of Rome and Greece inculding the Peloponnesian War
Books 16 to 18 	The rise of Macedonia and Alexander the Great
Books 18 to 21 	Greece post Alexander, 
Books 21 to 33 	The Rise of Rome and the Punic Wars
Books 34 to 40 	The Affairs of the Roman Repulbic to Ceaser
Category:Incomplete or Partially Lost Literature
Category:Lost Historical Works
Category:Works partly summarised by later authors