Philippe de Macédoine a-t-il jeté à la mer trois mille prisonniers de l’armée phocidienne? Remarques sur l’historiographie de la bataille du Champ de Crocus (353)

Abstract

Most of modern scholars consider that the king of Macedonia Philip II has drowned three thousand Phocian soldiers captured after the battle of the Crocus Field during the Sacred War. This contribution seeks to show that such opinion is based on an misinterpretation of Diodorus, XVI 35, 6. Furthermore, numerous historical considerations suggest that a slaughter of this kind had never taken place.

Keywords

• philip ii, phocians, third sacred war, battle of crocus field, prisoners of war, diodorus siculus, justin, use of historical sources. pilippo ii, focidesi, terza guerra sacra, battaglia dei campi di croco, prigionieri di guerra, diodoro siculo, giustino,