THE

ANCIENT HISTORY

OF THE

EGYPTIANS, CARTHAGINIANS,

ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS, MEDES AND PERSIANS,

MACEDONIANS AND GRECIANS.

BY CHARLES ROLLIN,

Late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquence in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOLUME III.

FROM THE LATEST LONDON EDITION,

CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED.

ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY,
AND ENGRAVINGS ADAPTED TO THE WORK.

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CONTENTS

BOOK XIII.

THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIANS AND GRECIANS

SECT. I. Ochus ascends the Throne of Persia. His cruelties. Revolt

of several Nations, -

Sect. II. War of the Allies against the Athenians,

-III. Demosthenes excites the Athenians to War. Death of Mau-

solus. Grief of Artemisa his Wife,

Sect. IV. Expedition of Ochus against Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Egypt,

-V. Death of Ochus. Arses succeeds him,

-VI. Abridgment of the Life of Demosthenes,

-VII. Digression on the manner of fitting out fleets by the Athen-

ians,

BOOK XIV

THE HISTORY OF PHILIP.

SECT. I. The Birth and Infancy of Philip. His first Conquests. The

Birth of Alexander,

A Description of the Macedonian Phalanx,

Sect. II. The Sacred War. Sequel of the History of Philip,

-III. Demosthenes harangues the Athenians against Philip.

Page.

78

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15

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That

Prince takes Olynthus,

Sect. IV. Philip declares for Thebes against the Phocæans. He seizes

on Thermopyla,

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Sect. V. Philip extends his Conquests into Illyria and Thrace. Cha-

racter of Phocion. His success against Philip,

Sect. VI. Philip appointed Generalissimo of the Greeks. The Athen-
ians and Thebans unite against him. He gains a Battle at Cheronea,

Sect. VII. Philip declared Generalissimo of the Greeks against the

Persians. His Death,

Sect. VIII. Memorable Actions and Sayings of Philip.

bad Qualities of that Prince,

SECT. I. Alexander's Birth. Aristotle appointed his Preceptor. He

breaks Bucephalus,

Sect. II. Alexander ascends the Throne. Declared Generalissimo of

the Greeks against the Persians

Note with regard to the Sequel of the History,

Sect. III. Alexander sets out against the Persians. Obtains a famous

Victory at the River Granicus,

Sect. IV. Alexander conquers the greatest part of Asia Minor. De-

scription of the March of Darius,

Sect. V. Alexander gains a famous Victory over Darius at Issus. Con-

sequences of that Victory,

Paga

Sect. VI. Alexander marches victorious into Syria. Lays Siege to

Tyre, which he takes by Storm,

Sect. VII. Alexander's Journey to Jerusalem. He subdues Egypt;

is declared Son of Jupiter,

107

121

Sect. VIII. Alexander resolves to go in pursuit of Darius. The fa-

mous battle of Arbela,

131

Sect. IX. Alexander takes Arbela, Babylon, Susa, Persepolis, and finds

immense Riches in those Cities,

139

Sect. X. Darius leaves Ecbatana. His Death. Alexander sends his

Corpse to Sysigambis,

Sect. XI. Vices which first caused the Declension, and at last the

Ruin of the Persian Empire,

Sect. XII. Lacedæmonia revolts from the Macedonians. Antipater

defeats Agis. Alexander marches against Bessus,

Sect. XIII. Alexander builds a City near the laxarthes. Defeats the

Scythians. Takes the City of Petra,

152

163

Sect. XIV. Death of Clitus. Expeditions of Alexander. He com-

mands Worship to be paid to himself,

170

Sect. XV. Alexander sets out for India. Besieges and takes several

Cities. Defeats Porus, whom he restores to his Throne,

Sect. XVI. Alexander advances into India. He is exposed to great

Danger at the Siege of Oxydracæ,

176

187

Sect. XVII. Alexander is grievously distressed by Famine. He marries

Statira the Daughter of Darius,

196

Sect. XVIII. Alexander enters Babylon. His Death.

conveyed to the Temple of Jupiter-Ammon,

His Corpse

204

212

222

Sect. XIX. The Judgment we are to form of Alexander,

-XX. Reflections on the Persians, Greeks, and Macedonians, by

M. Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux,

BOOK XVI.

CHAPTER I.

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER'S SUCCESSORS.

SECT. I. Troubles which followed the Death of Alexander. Partition

of the Provinces. Aridæus is declared King.

his Guardian,

Perdiccas appointed

227

Sect. II. Revolt of the Greeks in Upper Asia.

Greece. Flight and Death of Demosthenes,

Sect. III. Procession of Alexander's Funeral. Ptolemy, Craterus, An-

tipater, and Antigonus, confederate against each other,

Antipater goes into

230

239

Sect. IV. Regency transferred to Antipater. Polysperchon succeeds

him. The latter recalls Olympias,

Sect. VI. The Death of young Alexander, Roxana, Hercules, Barsina,

and Cleopatra,

Sect. V. Phocion's Death. Olympias causes Aridæus to be slain. She

is murdered. Eumenes put to Death,

249

266

Sect. VII. Demetrius, the Son of Antigonus, besieges and takes Athens.

The consequences which follow,

275

Sect. VIII. Demetrius besieges Rhodes. Protogenes spared during the

Siege,

283

Sect. IX. Expedition of Seleucus. Cassander compelled to raise the

Siege of Athens. Antigonus slain,

292