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During his own time and later, however, the History of Babylonia was not distributed widely.

Verbrugghe and Wickersham argue that the lack of relation between the material in History and the Hellenistic world was not relevant, since Diodorus ' equally bizarre book on Egyptian mythology was preserved.

Instead, the reduced connection between Mesopotamia and the Greco-Roman world under Parthian rule was partially responsible.

Secondly, his material did not contain as much narrative, especially of periods he was not familiar with, even when potential sources for stories were available.

They suggest: