The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians ... Translated from the French. [With Maps and a Portrait.], Volume 1

J. M'Gowan, 1830

TO THE FIRST VOLUME	xiii

Artaxerxes sends Esdras and afterwards Nehemiah to Jeru	xiii

Of Government	xiv

The Feasts of Eleusis	xx

Of the Games and Combats	xxxi

Of the Pancratium	xxxvii

The different Taste of the Greeks and Romans in regard to the public	xliv

Of the Ancient Middle and New Comedy	liv

A Digression on the Manners and Character of the Second Scipio Afri	161

The First Empire of the Assyrians	172

THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE OF THE PERSIANS AND MEDES	207

nians The first Battle	219

The History of the Besieging and Taking of Babylon by Cyrus	235

The History of Cyrus from the Taking of Babylon to the Time of	249

salem 451	251

Character and Praise of Cyrus	256

The History of Smerdis the Magian	267

The Manners and Customs of the Assyrians Babylonians	270

The Invention of Posts and Couriers	279

Their Order of Battle	285

Religion	296

Luxury and Magnificence	303

Division of the Grecian History into Four several Ages	310

blished throughout Greece	317

Reflections upon the Government of Sparta and upon the Laws of	325

The Government of Athens The Laws of Solon The His	332

Illustrious Men who distinguished themselves in Arts	343

THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIANS AND GRECIANS	355

Darius Marriages	361

The Expedition of Darius Armies against Greece	389

The Battle near Mycale The Defeat of the Persians	426

Pride and Arrogance of Pausanias	432

THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIANS AND GRECIANS	443

Affliction and Revolt	452

Lacedæmonians	468

Transactions of the Greeks in Sicily and Italy	478

The War of Peloponnesus	490

Title	The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians ... Translated from the French. [With Maps and a Portrait.], Volume 1 The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians ... Translated from the French. [With Maps and a Portrait.], Charles Rollin
Author	Charles Rollin
Publisher	J. M'Gowan, 1830
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	1 Jul 2019

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Passion for the Representations of the Theatre one of the Principal Causes	lxii

Roman History	lxviii

The First Messenian War	lxx

The Kingdom of Egypt	lxxvi

Tyrants of Heraclea	lxxxii

THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS	1

The Source of the Nile	5

Of the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians	14

Of the Egyptian Soldiers and War	24

The History of the Kings of Egypt	31

THE HISTORY OF THE CARTHAGINIANS	51

The Suffetes	55

The History of the Carthaginians	65

The History of Carthage from the first Punic War to its	87

The first Punic War	98

The Second Punic War	104

Passage of the Rhone	110

Hannibals Conduct with respect to Fabius	120

Hannibal takes up his Winterquarters in Capua	126

The interview between Hannibal and Scipio in Africa followed by	134

The Character and Eulogium of Hannibal	144