THE EGYPTIANS, CARTHAGINIANS, ASSYRIANS,
BABYLONIANS, MEDES AND PERSIANS,
GRECIANS, AND MACEDONIANS;

By M. 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.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY THE

REV. R. LYNAM, A. M.

ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN TO THE MAGDALEN HOSPITAL.

THE FIFTEENTH EDITION,

REVISED AND CORRECTED;

AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NINETEEN NEW PLATES.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

BOOK VI. continued.

THE HISTORY OF THE PERSIANS AND GRECIANS.

CHAP. II.

Page

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The history of Xerxes, connected with that of the Greeks. 1

SECT. I. Xerxes, after having reduced Egypt, makes prepara-

tions for carrying the war into Greece. He holds a council.

The prudent speech of Artabanes. War is resolved upon

SECT. II. Xerxes begins his march, and passes from Asia into

Europe, by crossing the straits of the Hellespont upon a

bridge of boats

SECT. III. Enumeration of Xerxes's forces. Demaratus de-

livers his sentiments freely upon that prince's enterprise

SECT. IV. The Lacedæmonians and Athenians send to their

allies to require succours from them, but to no purpose. The

command of the fleet given to the Lacedæmonians

SECT. V. The battle of Thermopylæ. The death of Leonidas

SECT. VI. Naval battle near Artemisium

SECT. VII. The Athenians abandon their city, which is taken

and burnt by Xerxes

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SECT. VIII. The battle of Salamis. Precipitate return of

Xerxes into Asia. Panegyric of Themistocles and Aristides.

The defeat of the Carthaginians in Sicily

SECT. IX. The battle of Platææ.

SECT. X. The battle near Mycale. The defeat of the Persians

SECT. XI. The barbarous and inhuman revenge of Amestris,

the wife of Xerxes

SECT. XII. The Athenians rebuild the walls of their city, not-

withstanding the opposition of the Lacedæmonians

SECT. XIII. The black design of Themistocles rejected unani-

mously by the people of Athens. Aristides's condescension

to the people

SECT. XIV. The Lacedæmonians lose the chief command

through the pride and arrogance of Pausanias

SECT. XV. Pausanias's secret conspiracy with the Persians.

His death

SECT. XVI. Themistocles, being prosecuted by the Athenians

and Lacedæmonians, as an accomplice in Pausanias's con-

spiracy, flies for shelter to king Admetus.

SECT. XVII. Aristides's disinterested administration of the

public treasure. His death and eulogium

SECT. XVIII. Death of Xerxes, who is killed by Artabanus.

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