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 IV.

FROM THE LATEST LONDON EDITION,

CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED.

ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY,

AND ENGRAVINGS ADAPTED TO THE WORK.

NEW-YORK:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE LONG,
No. 161 Broadway.

1830.

JUN 21

CONTENTS.

BOOK XVIII.

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER'S SUCCESSORS CONTINUED.

CHAPTER I.

INCLUDING THE REIGN OF EPIPHANES.

SECT. I. Ptolemy Epiphanes succeeds Philopator in Egypt. Troubles

which soon follow,

Sect. II. Expeditions of Sulpitius. Philip loses a Battle. The Achæans

declare for the Romans,

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Sect. II. The Etolians and Nabis declare for the Romans. Philip de-

feated, and a Peace concluded,

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45

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61

77

79

87

Sect. IV. The Romans send an Embassy to Antiochus. Conspiracy against

Ptolemy. Scopas put to death,

Sect. V. Antiochus and the Romans prepare for War. The latter sends

troops against Nabis. He is killed,

Sect. VI. Antiochus possesses himself of Chalcis and all Euboea. The Ro-

mans proclaim War against him,

Sect. VII. Polyxenides defeated by Livius. L. Scipio carries on the War

against Antiochus, and defeats him near Magnesia.

Reflections on the Conduct of the Romans respecting the Grecian States,

and the Kings of Europe and Asia,

Sect. VIII. Ætolians and Asiatic Gauls subdued by Fulvius and Manlius.

Death of Antiochus, and Daniel's prophecy,

Sect. IX. Seleucus Philopator succeeds Antiochus. Complaints against

Philip,

Sect. X. Philopomen besieges Messene. He is taken Prisoner, and put to

death. Ptolemy Epiphanes dies,

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INCLUDING PART OF THE REIGNS OF PTOLEMY PHILOMETER, PHILIP, AND

SELEUCUS PHILOPATOR.

SECT. I. Perseus conspires against Demetrius. The latter is innocently

put to death; and Perseus succeeds to the Throne,

Sect. II. Seleucus Philopator dies, and is succeeded by Antiochus Epipha-

nes. Disturbances in Egypt and Palestine,

Sect. III. Proceedings of Antiochus against the Jews. His Armies lose

several Victories. He is struck by the hand of God,

Sect. IV. Prophecies of Daniel relating to Antiochus Epiphanes,

I. The Wars of Antiochus Epiphanes against Egypt foretold by Daniel

the prophet,

II. Cruel Persecution exercised by Antiochus against the Jews, and fore-

told by the Prophet Daniel,

BOOK XIX.

THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER'S SUCCESSORS CONTINUED

ARTICLE I.

CONTAINING THE WHOLE REIGN OF PERSEUS.

SECT. I. Perseus prepares for war against the Romans. He endeavours

a reconciliation with the Achæans,

147

Sect. II. Licinius and Perseus take the Field. The latter has at first con-

siderably the advantage,

157

Sect. III. Marcius enters Macedonia. Perseus takes alarm; but afterwards

resumes Courage,

164

Sect. IV. Celebrated Victory of Æmilius, near the City of Pydna. Per-

seus taken Prisoner with all his Children,

170

ARTICLE II.

FROM THE DEFEAT OF PERSEUS, TO THE TAKING AND DESTRUCTION OF CORINTH

BY MUMMIUS.

SECT. I. Attalus comes to Rome to congratulate the Romans on their suc-

cess in Macedonia,

193

Sect. II. Ariarathes dies, and is succeeded by his Son. Death of Eumenes.

War between Attalus and Prusias,

201

Sect. III. Andriscus, pretended Son of Perseus, causes himself to be pro-

claimed King of Macedonia,

209

Sect. IV. Troubles in Achaia. Metellus and Mummius settle those trou-

bles. The latter takes Corinth and destroys it,

Sect. V. Reflections on the causes of the Grandeur, Declension, and Ruin

of Greece,

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217

FROM THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF PTOLEMY PHILOMETER, TO THE EXPULSION of

PTOLEMY AULETES.

SECT. I. Chronological abridgment of the History of the Kings of Egypt

and Syria,

223

Sect. II. Antiochus Eupator succeeds to the Kingdom of Syria. Celebrated

victories of Judas Maccabeus,

Sect. III. Octavius, the Roman Ambassador in Syria, is killed. Death of

Judas Maccabeus,

225

230

Sect. IV. Physcon espouses Cleopatra and ascends the Throne of Egypt, 236

Sect. V. Sidetes takes Jerusalem, and then he makes war against the Par-

thians. Physcon's Cruelty and Death,

Sect. VI. Ptolemy Lathyrus succeeds Physcon. Continuation of the war

in Syria and Egypt,

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253

Sect. VII. Pompey dispossesses Antiochus Asiaticus of the kingdom of

Syria. Troubles in Judea and Egypt,

263