The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, Volume 2

Thomas Tegg and Son, Cheapside, 1835 - Assyrians

BOOK	1

The history of the besieging and taking of Babylon	44

A description of the taking of Babylon	51

What followed upon the taking of Babylon	58

The history of Cyrus from the taking of Babylon to	64

The last years of Cyrus The death of that prince	73

The history of Cambyses	83

Of their government	97

The history of Xerxes connected with that of the Greeks	282

Xerxes begins his march and passes from Asia into	289

Enumeration of Xerxess forces Demaratus delivers	295

The battle of Thermopyla The death of Leonidas	303

The Athenians abandon their city which is taken	310

The black design of Themistocles rejected unani	341

Themistocles being prosecuted by the Athenians	347

Death of Xerxes who is killed by Artabanus	355

Of their	115

Arts and sciences	126

Religion	135

The cause of the declension of the Persian empire	143

BOOK V	154

The different states into which Greece was divided	161

The republican form of government almost generally	168

Reflections upon the government of Sparta and upon the laws	180

The government of Athens The laws of Solon	189

Illustrious men who distinguished themselves in arts	207

BOOK VI	224

Darius prepares for an expedition against the Scythians	237

Darius sends heralds into Greece in order to sound	267

Cimon begins to make a figure at Athens His first	363

The revolt of the Egyptians against Persia supported	371

Character of Pericles The methods employed by	378

An earthquake in Sparta	385

Pericles changes his conduct towards the people	394

Jealousy and contests arise between the Athenians	397

Troubles excited against Pericles He determines	407

Of some famous persons and citizens in Græcia Magna	423

CHAP III	431

171	439

The Lacedæmonians besiege Platea Mitylene is taken	447

The Athenians possess themselves of Pylus and	460

Title	The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, Volume 2 The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, Charles Rollin
Author	Charles Rollin
Edition	18
Publisher	Thomas Tegg and Son, Cheapside, 1835
Original from	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Digitized	6 Dec 2022

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