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fame to both. The Greeks continued a di- 

 vided handful, invincible in equal numbers 

 by any nation on earth, but utterly unable 

 to export any number of forces fufficient for 

 great foreign conquefts. Alexander the Great, 

 indeed, with the whole force of Greece and 

 Macedon united, conquered Afia ; but in 

 doing this, he expended the whole ftrength 

 both of Greece and Macedon; the confe- 

 quence of which was, that none were left at 

 home to controul the power of that army, 

 who therefore did what they pleafed; and 

 having, under the condudl of Alexander, con- 

 quered Afia, returned, under other leaders, to 

 conquer both Greece and Macedon, and ut- 

 terly to exterminate the family of their 



But, however much, from the hiftory of 

 the conquefl of Afia by Alexander, we may 

 reckon the Greeks fitted for war and victory, 

 they were found utterly unable to eftabliih 

 any empire over thofe nations who had any 

 tolerable fkill in the profeilion of arms. Alex- 

 ander the Great had fcarce accompliihed the 

 eonqueft of Afia, when his nephew, Alexander 

 king of Epirus, undertook the eonqueft of all 



Europe. 



