Damascenus (of Damascus), Nicolaus (Νικόλαος Δαμασκηνός, Nikolāos Damaskēnos). Historia Universalis (Universæ Historiæ: Universal History). c 40 BC. originally 144 books:
References to books 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, (8), 96, 103, 104, 107, 108, 110, 114, 123 and 124 are known.
Extensive fragments of the first seven books are preserved in quotation in the Excerpta compiled at the order of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.

Dindorfius, Ludovicus Augustus (Ludwig August Dindorf), ed. “Nicolai Damasceni Fragmenta” in Historici Graeci Minores, pp1-153. Lipsiae: B G Teubneri, 1870.
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