In the XVIII-XX books of Diodorus Siculus' Library, geography has a role that goes far beyond the bookish purpose, illustrated in the General Prologue (I, 4) and in XVIII 5, 1. The 'practical' perspective - strategic, geopolitical, and economic - of the geographical descriptions goes back to Hieronymus of Cardia (ca. 360-260 BC), who was a spectator and protagonist of the events of the Diadochi.
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