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Handbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause

Death about 323 is handbook, causes compete. Diogenes of Sinope’s documented role is: Competing death stories (octopus, holding breath, fever) are later. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

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Death about 323 is handbook, causes compete. Diogenes of Sinope’s documented role is: Competing death stories (octopus, holding breath, fever) are later. He did not file them. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Diogenes of Sinope's documented role is: Competing death stories (octopus, holding breath, fever) are later. He did not file them.

Context

Later Lives. Coincidence with Alexander's death is later colour. Named others on the file: Later biographers. The public setting is the file around -0323-06-01. The instrument stays Handbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause. The setting of Handbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause is the public file around -0323-06-01. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Handbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause. Naming Diogenes of Sinope does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0323-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Chronology honesty. Welfare reading worsening. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Diogenes of Sinope

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.2 · verified

    Competing death stories (octopus, holding breath, fever) are later. He did not file them.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of SinopeInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — DiogenesEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Independent lives give competing death anecdotes. Official: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Diogenes (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Diogenes-Greek-philosopher (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Diogenes of Sinope (https://iep.utm.edu/diogenes-of-sinope/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Low confidence on cause. Established: a sourced public record of Handbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause under -0323-06-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Handbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorDiogenes of Sinope
  2. contributed toFactHandbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Handbook chronology places Diogenes' death about 323 BCE with competing anecdotes; this catalog does not pick a unique cause. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dio-death-received

https://factrail.ai/facts/dio-death-received

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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