ANCIENT HISTORY. m 



the circumjacent country , feeing that Xerxes, 

 after fubduing all Hgypt, came into Greece and 

 took Athens. The hittorifms make this grand 

 monarchy to begin with Cyrus in the year of the 

 world 3468, and to laft 206 years under twelve 

 kings, of whom Darius was the laft, who being 

 conquered by Alexander near Arbella, his eftates 

 and provinces pafied to the dominion of the con- 

 queror, and contributed to form the third grand 

 monarchy. 



XIX (5) The hiftory of the Grecian Monarchy \ 

 which was the third grand monarchy. The hif- 

 tory of this empire will be very difficult to ex- 

 plain, and dill more to comprehend without 

 making the following reflections. The Grecian 

 monarchy did not properly fubfift more than 

 fix years and ten months under the reign of Alex- 

 ander furnamed the Great, who had already 

 reigned fix years over Macedonia, when he began 

 to make himfelf matter of the call j but, to con- 

 ceive a clear idea of the manner in which fo vail 

 a monarchy was formed, it is neceflary to be- 

 gin by fully underftanding the general hiftory of 

 Greece \ then to ftudy that of the kingdom of 

 Macedonia, and after that to confider the life 

 and conquefts of Alexander in particular ; to 

 know the people, kingdoms, empires, and other 

 dates that he fubdued, in order to form a mo- 

 narchy almoft univerfal ; and laftly to know, how 

 this immcnfe monarchy was diimembertd by his 

 fucceilbrs, The firft object of inquiry then 



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