53-4 SEA-FIGHT AT HOME. 



twenty-four thousand men. So that (ho whole number of iiis for 

 when he arrived at Tbermopjte, was two millions six hundred un<! 

 forty. one thousand six hundred and ten men, \\ithout inclinlin<* 

 servants, eunuchs, women, sutlers, and other people of that sort, 

 who were computed to equal the number of the forces: so that the 

 whole multitude of persons that followed Xerxes in this expedition, 

 amounted to five millions two hundred and cLhly. three thou ;md 

 two hundred and twenty. Among these millions of men, there was 

 not one that could vie with Xerxes, either in comeliness or stature, 

 or that seemed more worthy of that great empire. But this is ;i poor 

 commendation, when it is not accompanied with other qualifica- 

 tions. Accordingly, Justin, after he has mentioned the number of 

 his troops, emphatically concludes, " but this vast body wanted a 

 head." 13' sides the subordinate generals of each nation, who com* 

 manded the troops of their respective countries, the whole army 

 was tinder the command of six Persian generals; viz. Mardonius, 

 the son of Gobryus; Triatatcechmes, the son of Artabanus ; Smer- 

 dones, the son of Otanes (the two latter were cousins to Xerxes) ; 

 ]Vla^:s:u<, the son of Darius by Atossa ; Gerges, the son of Aria/us; 

 and Megalnzus, the son of the celebrated Zopyrus. The ten 

 thousand Persians, who were called the Immortal Band, obeyed no 

 other commander but Hydarnes. The fleet was commanded by 

 four Persian admirals : and likewise the cavalry had their particu- 

 lar generals and commanders. [.d/wc. Unit, Hist. 

 



SECTION IV. 



Spectacle of a Scaftght at Rome. 



AUGUSTUS, to divrt his mind from fixing on his domestic mis. 

 fortunes, exhibited the most mugniliceui and expensive shews that 

 had ever b <n seen at Rome. Chariot races in the Circus, repre- 

 sentations on the stage, combats by gladiators, &c. were now 

 become common. Augustus, therefore, the better to divert botli 

 hiir.bilf and the people, revived tlu^e >pi>rts, which had been f < r .1 

 considerable time laid aside, on account of the extraordinary 

 charges that attended them. He caused a canal to be dug eightct n 

 hundred paces in length, and two hundred in breadth, conveying 

 into it tl.e Flan/mian water, and building scailolds quite round it, 

 capable of holding numberless multitudes of spectators. And in. 

 deal the concourse of people Has so great, that the emperor wag 



