TO THESSALONICA. 419 
upon the field*. It is the same species of chap. 
sepulchre which Strabo has called Polyandrium; ^ 
and this tumulus was in all probability noticed 
by him in that part of the seventh book which 
has unfortunately perished. It seems to have 
been a custom of the Greeks, derived from their 
remote ancestors, to raise a mound of this kind 
upon every spot signalized as the theatre of 
any important contest. In the course of these 
travels, and within the compass of a single 
volume, we have shewn that there is not a part 
of Greece which has been rendered illustrious 
as the field of any memorable battle, but a tomb 
of this description now remains, as a monu- 
ment of the place where it was fought. This 
may be proved with reference to Marathon, 
Thermopyliu, Flatcece, Leuctra, Chceronea, Pydna, 
and Pharsalia. The Macedoniam and Greeks, 
after their battles with the Persians, or with the 
Romans, or with each other, have always done 
this : but the same custom does not appear to 
have existed among the Romans in Italy, where 
there are no other tumuli than the barrows 
of the Celts, which are common to all Europe 
and Asia. In the great battle that was fought 
(4) Ibid. Pltttarch says, that the whole valley, even to the feet of 
the mountains, was covered with dead bodies. 
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