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Thracians: Diodoros on the cruelty and lawlessness of the kings Diegylis and Zibelmios (mid-first century BCE)
Ancient authors: Diodoros, Library of History 33.14 and 34/35.12, from the excerpts for Constantine Porphyrogennetos (link). Comments: While Diodoros (or his sources) apparently viewed the Thracian kings Dromichaites and Kotys positively, presenting them as wise and noble barbarians, the portraits of the later king Diegylis (probably 140s BCE) and his son, Zibelmios, below are quite […]
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