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BY CHARLES ROLLIN, Late Principal of the University of Paris, Professor of Eloquonco in the Royal College, and Member of the Royal Academy
of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres.
CONTENTS.
BOOK VI.
THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIANS AND GRECIANS.
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Chap. I. The History of Darius, connected with that of the Greeks,
Sect. I. Darius's Marriages, &c.
II. Revolt and Reduction of Babylon,
-III. Darius prepares for an Expedition against the Scythians. A
Digression upon the Manners and Customs of that Nation,
A Digression concerning the Scythians,
Sect. IV. Darius's Expedition against the Scythians,
-V. Darius's Conquest of India,
-VI. The Revolt of the Ionians,
-VII. The Expedition of Darius's Army against Greece,
1. The State of Athens. The characters of Miltiades, Themistocles and
Aristides,
2. Darius sends Heralds into Greece, in order to sound the People, and
to require them to submit,
3. The Persians Defeated at Marathon by Miltiades,
Sect. VIII. Darius resolves to make War in person against Egypt and
against Greece, &c.
Chap. II. The History of Xerxes, connected with that of the Greeks,
Sect. 1. Xerxes reduces Egypt, &c.
II. Xerxes begins his
March, and passes from Asia into Europe, by
crossing the Strait of the Hellespont upon a Bridge of Boats,
Sect. III. The Number of Xerxes's Forces, &c. &c.
IV. The Lacedæmonians and Athenians send to their Allies in vain
to require succours from them. The Command of the Fleet given to
the Lacedæmonians,
Sect. V. The Battle of Thermopylæ, The Death of Leonidas,
-VI. Naval Battle near Artemisium,
-VII. T'he Athenians abandon their City, which is taken and burn:
by Xerxes,
Sect. VIII.
The Battle of Salamin, &c.
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-IX. The Battle of Platææ,
-X. The Battle near Mycale. The defeat of the Persians,
XI. The Barbarous and Inhuman Revenge of Amestris, the Wife
Xerxes,
Sect
. Xil. The Athenians rebuild the Walls of their City, notwithstand-
ing the opposition of the Lacedæmonians,
Sect. XIII. The black design of Themistocles rejected unanimously by
the People of Athens,
Sect. XIÙ. The Lacedæmonians lose the Chief Command through the
Pride and Arrogance of Parisanias,
Sect. XV. The Secret Conspiracy of Pausanias with the Persians. His
Death,
Sect. XVI. Themistocles flies for Shelter to King Admetus,
-XVII. Disinterested Administration of the Public Treasure by
Aristides. His Death and Eulogium,
Sect. XVIII. Xerxes killed by Artubanus. His Character,
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BOOK VII.
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CAAP. I. The History of the Persians and Grecians from the Beginning
of the Reign of Artaxerxes to the Peloponnesian War,
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Sect. I. Artaxerxes Ruins the Faction of Artabanes, &c.
-II. Themistocles Flies to Artaxerxes,
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III. Cimon Begins to make a Figure at Athens,
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-IV. The Egyptians, Supported by the Athenians, Rise against
Persia,
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Sect. V. Inarus is Delivered up to the King's Mother. The Affliction
and Revolt of Megabyzus,
107
Sect. VI. Artaxerxes Sends Esdras and Afterwards Nehemiah to Je-
rusalem,
108
Sect. VII. Character of Pericles, &c.
110
-VIII. An Earthquake in Sparta, &c.
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-IX. Cimon is Recalled, &c. His Death,
115
-X. Thucydides is Opposed to Pericles, &c.
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XI. Pericles Changes his Conduct with Regard to the People, 120
-XII. Jealousy and Contests arise Between the Athenians and La-
cedæmonians,
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Sect. XIII. New Subjects of Contention Between the two Nations, 124
-XIV. Troubles Excited against Pericles, &c.
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Chap. II. Transactions of the Greeks in Sicily and Italy,
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Sect. I. The Carthaginians defeated in Sicily. Of Gelon and his two
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Sect. 11. Famous Persons and Cities in Græc a Major, &c.
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Chap. III. The War of Peloponnesus,
144
Sect. I. The Siege of Platææ by the Thebans, &c. &c. The First
year of the War,
Sect. II. The Plague makes dreadful havoc in Attica, &c. Second
and Third vears of the War,
148
Sect. III. The Lacedæmonians besiege Platææ. Fourth and Fifth
years of the War,
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Sect. IV. The Athenians possess themselves of Pylus, &c. Sixth and
seventh years of the War,
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BOOK VIII.
Continued during the Reigns of
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XERXES II. OF SOGDIANUS, AND OF DARIUS NOTHUS.
Chap. I. Contains thirteen years of the Peloponnesian War,
Sect. I. The very short Reigns of Xerxes Il. and Sogdianus, &c.
- II. The Athenians make themselves masters of the Island of Cy-
thera, &c. Eighth year of the War,
Sect. III. A twelvemonth's truce is agreed upon between the two states,
&c. &c. Ninth, l'enth, and Eleventh years of the War,
Sect. IV. Character of Alcibiades. Banishment of Hyperbolus, &c.
Twelfth year of the War,
V. Alcibiades engages the Athenains in the War of Sicily. Six-
teenth and Seventeenth years of the War,
-VI. Account of the several people who inhabited Sicily,
-VII. The People of Egesta implore Aid of the Athenians, &c.
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