The History of the World: In Five Books. Viz. Treating of the Beginning and First Ages of Same from the Creation Unto Abraham. Of the Birth of Abraham to the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Time of Philip of Macedon. From the Reign of Philip of Macedon to the Establishing of that Kingdom in the Race of Antigonus. From Settled Rule of Alexander's Successors in the East Until the Romans (prevailing Over All) Made Conquest of Asia and Macedon, Volume 4

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Archibald Constable and Company and sold, 1820 - Guiana - 546 pages
 

Contents

CHAP III
345
The beginning of the Lamian war
353
The process of the Lamian
359
How Craterus and Antipater were drawn from
365
SECT VIILPerdiccass voyage into Egypt and his death 369 SECT IX Victories of Eumenes in the lower Asia
373
Antipater is chosen SECT XI Antigonus lieutenant of Asia wins a battle of He vanquisheth
380
The unworthy courses held by Polysperchon for the keeping down of Cassander
388
Of Polysperchons vain expedition against
394
appointeth him Phrygia and Lydia won by Antigonus 397 SECT XVIII Antigonus pursues Eumenes Eumenes
400
Eacides king of Epirus coming to succour Olympias
405
SECT IIHow Antigonus coming to set upon Eumenes
412
The last battle between Antigonus and Eumenes
418
How Antigonus slew Python and occupied
424
The preparations and beginnings of the war
430
How each part sought to win the assistance
432
How Lysimachus and Cassander vanquished
438
SECT VIIHow Seleucus recovered Babylon and made
444
A general peace made and broken How all the house of Alexander was destroyed
456
SECT XHow Demetrius the son of Antigonus gave li
465
CHAP VI
475
SECT IIIHow Demetrius prevailed in Greece Cassan
481
Of Pyrrhus and his doings in Macedon
495
How Demetrius gathering forces enterprised
502
SECT IIHow Pyrrhus warred upon the Romans and
520
SECT IIIThe great troubles in Macedon and Sicily
526
ENTREATING of the TIMES FROM THE SETTLED RULE
541
The estate of Carthage before it entered into
552
The beginning of the first Punic wa war That
560
Of the island of Sicily
566
C
577

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