ANCIENT HISTORY

THE

W

H.

OF THE

EGYPTIANS,
CARTHAGINIANS,

ASSYRIANS,
BABYLONIANS,

By M. ROLLIN,

LATE PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, PROFESSOR OF ELO-
QUENCE IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE, AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL
ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND BELLES LETTRES.

WILLIS

MEDES AND
PERSIANS,
MACEDONIANS,

AND GRECIANS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND PLATES.

BOSTON

REVI AND CORRECTED FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY COLLINS AND co. no. 189, PEARL-STREET.

George Long, Printer.

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK II. CONTINUED.

THE HISTORY OF THE CARTHAGINIANS.

Sect. II. Dissensions between the Carthaginians and Masinissa,

king of Numidia . . . . . .

The third Punic war

A digression on the manners and character of the second Sci-

pio Africanus

The history of the family and posterity of Masinissa

BOOK III.

THE HISTORY OF THE ASSYRIANS.

Chap. I. The first empire of the Assyrians

Sect. I. Duration of that empire

1. The walls

..

2. The quays and bridge

3. The lake, ditches, and canals, made for the draining of the

river..

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4. The palaces and hanging gardens

5. The temple of Belus.

Chap. II. The second Assyrian empire, both of Nineveh and

Babylon

Kings of Babylon

-Nineveh

Chap. III. The history of the kingdom of the Medes

Chap. IV. The history of the Lydians. .

BOOK IV.

THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE OF THE

Chap. I. The history of Cyrus

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25

31

41

ib.

47

48

49

50

51

PERSIANS

AND MEDES,

BY CYRUS: CONTAINING THE REIGNS

OF CYRUS, OF CAMBYSES, AND SMERDIS THE MAGI-

AN.

60

ib.

61

74

84

95

Fage

96

ib.

98

101

113

135

Sect. V. The battle of Thymbra, between Cyrus and Croesus 126

Sect. VI. The taking of Sardis and of Croesus

Art. II. The history of the besieging and taking of Babylon by

Cyrus

139

Sect. I. Predictions of the principal circunstances relating to

the siege and the taking of Babylon, as they are set down

in different places of the holy Scriptures

ib.

1. The prediction of the Jewish captivity at Babylon, and of

the time of its duration

140

ib.

Article I. The history of Cyrus from his infancy to the siege

of Babylon

Sect 1. Cyrus's education

Sect. II. vras's journey to his grandfather Astyages, and his

return into Persia

...

Sect. III. The first campaign of Cyrus, who goes to succour

his uncle Cyaxares against the Babyloniaus

Sect. IV. The expedition of Cyaxares and Cyrus against the

Babylonians. The first battle

2. The causes of God's wrath against Babylon.

3. The decree pronounced against Babylou. Prediction of the
calamities that were to fall upon her, and of her utter de-

struction ..

4. Cyrus called to destroy Babylon, and to deliver the Jews

5. God gives the sigual to the commanders, and to the troops,

to march against Babylon

6. Particular circunstances set down relating to the siege and

the taking of Babylon

Sect. II. A description of the taking of Babylon

Sect. III. The completion of the prophecy which foretold the

total ruin and destruction of Babylon

Sect. IV. What followed upon the taking of Babylon

Art. III. The history of Cyrus, from the taking of Babylon to

the time of his death.

160

....

Reflections upon Daniel's prophecies

Sect. III. The last years of Cyrus. Death of that prince

Character and praise of Cyrus.

ib.

....

Sect. I. Cyrus takes a journey into Persia. At his return from

thence to Babylon he forms a plan of government for the

whole empire. Daniel's credit and power

Sect. II. The beginning of the united empire of the Persians

and Medes. The famous edict of Cyrus. Daniel's prophe-

cies.

Sect. IV. Wherein Herodotus and Xenophon differ in their ac-

counts of Cyrus .

Chap. II. The history of Cambyses.

Chap. III. The history of Smerdis the Magian

Chap. IV. The manners and custoins of the Assyrians, Babylo.

nians, Lydians, Medes, and Persians

141

142

ib.

143

147

Art. I. Of their government

Sect. I. Their monarchical form of government. The respect

they paid their kings. The manner of educating their chil.

dren

150

153

162
165

168

170

176

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188

193

ib.

ib.