THE

ANCIENT HISTORY



of rut



EGYPTIANS,
CARTHAGINIANS,
ASSYRIANS,
BABYLONIANS,



MEDE9 and PERSIANS,
MACEDONIANS,

AND

GRECIANS.
BY MR. ROLLIN,



tATE PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, PRO«
FESSOR OF ELOQUENCE IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE,
AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF
INSCRIPTIONS AND BELLES-LET"'UE3.
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CONTENTS TO VOL. X.
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ARTICLE I.
Sect* I* Hiero the fecond chofeo captain-general by the
Syracufans, .and foon after appointed king.
He makes «w tiKanee wkh the Romans in

the beginning of the firft Punic war i

II« Hiero's pacific reign. He particularly favours
agriculture. He applies the abilities of Ar.
cnimedei, his relation, to the ierviceof the.
public, and caafes him to intake an infinite
•cumber of machiaes fbr the defence of a be-
lieved place* He cfies vtxy old, aad much
regretted by die -people » 9

ARTICli; IL

Stcx* I. Hie«mymus, grandfbnof Hioro, fucceels him,
and caufes him to be regretted by his vices
and cruelty. He is killei in -a confpiracy.
