The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ...

Leavitt & Allen, 1853

INTRODUCTION	13

Geography of Asia	27

The Feasts of Eleusis	33

Of the Games and Combats	43

Of Boxing or the Cestus	49

The different Taste of the Greeks and Romans in regard to the Public	57

Of the Ancient Middle and New Comedy	72

Epochs of the Jewish History	80

The Interview between Hannibal and Scipio in Africa followed	232

The interval between the Second and Third Punic Wars	236

The Character and Eulogium of Hannibal	242

A digression on the Manners and Character of the Second Scipio Africanus	260

THE HISTORY OF THE ASSYRIANS	271

The Palaces and the hanging Gardens	277

The Second Assyrian Empire both of Nineveh and Babylon	283

The History of the Kingdom of the Medes	292

Thrace and Bithynia	92

The Obelicks	99

The Canals of the Nile and Spiral Pumps	105

II Concerning the Priests and Religion of the Egyptians	114

Of the Egyptian Soldiers and war	120

The History of the Kings of Egypt	128

Twelve Kings	139

BOOK II	146

The Religion of the Carthaginians	150

Trade of Carthage the first source of its Wealth and Power	156

PART II	163

The History of Carthage from the first Punic War to	185

The Libyan War or War against the Mercenaries	197

The remote and more immediate Causes of the Second Punic War	204

The March after the Battle of the Rhone	210

Battle of Thrasymene	217

Hannibal takes up his Winterquarters in Capua	225

Lydians	299

BOOK IV	307

IV The Expedition of Cyaxares and Cyrus against the Babylo	318

ARTICLE II	335

The Decree pronounced against Babylon Prediction of the calami	336

IV What followed upon the taking of Babylon	344

Reflections on Daniels Prophecies	351

Cyrus	359

Lydians Medes and Persians	369

The invention of Posts and Couriers	378

Their Order of Battle	384

Their Marriages and Manner of Burying the Dead	398

The Grecian Isles	409

The Grecian dialects	415

Reflections upon the Government of Sparta and upon the Laws of	424

The Government of Athens The Laws of Solon	430

Illustrious Men who distinguished themselves in Arts and Sci	442

Título	The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ... Volumen1 de The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Charles Rollin
Autor	Charles Rollin
Editor	Leavitt & Allen, 1853
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Harvard
Digitalizado	24 Oct. 2007

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