
: 
1796.] 
GREECE, 
nies in the lefler Afia 
and Europe, , 
Second pertod. 
Quarrels between Spar-~ 
ta-and Athens. ‘lhe 
latter. prevails by fea. 
Solon and his laws : 
victories and. internal 
cultivation make her 
Mach. 
Each of them want 
to rule the other. 
Great civil wars, efpe- 
cially the Peloponnefian 
war: ftruggies between 
the people and civil and 
military authorities. 
The Aniativ colonies 
depart from their obedi- 
ence to Greece, ‘during 
“the internal contefts. 
Thebes rifes; ftrag- 
gles for fupremacy. 
Befieged by the Spar- 
tans. Victory of Epa- 
minondas. -—- Athens, 
Sparta and ‘Thebes 
become predominant; 
great jealoufies and dif. 
cords between them. 
Third period. 
General difcord and 
corruption gives rife to 
the projects of Philip, 
of Macedonia. His alli- 
ance with the Thefla- 
Ionians ; conquers the 
Greeks, by the means 
mid the Greeks enraged 
againft each other in 
their civil war, called 
the facred war. 
By great vitories and 
great reputation, Philip 
obtains the general com- 
mand. He conque:s the 
Beotians and the Athe- 
nians at Cheeronea.T he 
Greeks, tired of their 
freedom, and fond of 
novelty and change, ex- 
pect to flourith under 
the {way of a fingle 
chief, 
TPALRY: 
arife in Tufcany from 
‘the intercourfe with tise 
Arabs in Spain. Tu:can, 
Venetian, and Genge'e © phers follow the yetie- Difcov ery 
colonies in the eait. 
Arts an fathions fpread 
by the Etalians over Ku- 
rope. ° 
Sreend period. 1200. 
Wars and jealoufies be- 
Comparifon of the Hifferies of Greece and Ltaly. 
GREECE, 
Arts, {ciences, elo- 
quénc2, poecry. every 
where. The philofo- 
rals, 
te, 
ab 
Travels and dione. 
ries of philoiophers. 
ITALY, 
Dante and Cimabue, 
Betcaccio and Gioztu. 
Retrarch,” above ‘all, 
of codes. 
MInvention of printing. 
Arrival of the Greeks, 
The Medicis im Tudcae 
ny. Protetioa given to 
fearing) S 
The feiences and 
books of Greece pafy 
tween Pilans & Floven- The iciences pats from into italy, Travels of 
tines ; ,betweenthe Ge- 
noele and the Venetians 
about the dominion of 
the ‘fea. af 
Guelphs and Ghi- 
bellines: the whiteand 
the black. Bloody war 
between Frederic the Itt 
and the Milaneie com- 
monwea.th, Diiputes 
between nobility and 
people, between the 
captains and the val- 
vailors. i ie 
The remote conquetts 
fhake off the yoke of 
the Italians duing the 
civil factions. 
Rome, Naples, Mi- 
lan, claim the general 
dominion. Sieges and 
battles. The Turrians, 
the Carrarefe. Milan, 
Florence, and Venice, 
prove ftrongeit. ‘The 
pope quits Kome. Fac- 
tions and difcords every 
where. hea 
Third period. “400. 
The popes retire trom 
Avignon. The emperor 
grows ftrong in Italy. 
The Vifconts Gonzaghi 
join him, Univertal dif- 
cord renders him more 
powerful, and he de- 
ftroys one party by 
means of the other. 
’ 
Several princes at- 
tempt to be the Philip 
of Italy: the popes, 
the emperors, the king 
oi Naples, and, above 
all, the Venetians. They 
were the Amphiciions 
againft ftrangeis. Lhe 
civil diiputes abate.’ 
Freedom loft by the 
wearinefs of the people 
of their ftruggles to pre 
ferve it. 
Egypt into Greece. 
es 
Philip vitorious eve- 
ry whee, prepares the 
age of Alexander. 
Fourth period. * 
Age of Alexander 
his extenfive dominions. 
in Europe aad Avfia. 

arts, fciences, ee 
¥ ri AS 
lux ory, fhows, and pub- 
lic exhibitions: 

Commerce between 
the fubjeét provinces. 
Greece the common cen- 
tre of them. © The In- 
dies and the Haft her 
tributaries. * 
After the death 
Alexander, divifions, ef- 
feminacy, decay, perfi- 
dy, tyramy, till at 
length, the Romans, 
called in by the Greeks 
themfelves, conquer 
Philip the fid; makte 
his fon, Perfeus,priioner, 
of, 
the Italians im fearcla 
of booksand antig uljties. 
Every thing prepares 
thease of Charles V. 
Mourth period. 
' Immenfe empire of 
Charles V in Italy-— 
_ in Europe--in America. 
“more 
The Italians 
tranquil after the defeat 
of the lefler tyrants, 
Wonderfal work? ia 
painting, fculpture, ar- 
chiteCture. Playheu‘es 
and ptiblic entertain+ 
ments. 
Commeétce paffes inta 
c ; ations: but Italy 
keeps the treafures got 
by it. hele treafures 
draw into tha country 
whatever is found in 
America amd in the 
indies. 
Decay of italy: Be 
berty loft in its various 
ftates. Arts and fci- 
ences corrupted or ne- 
glected. Subjugated by 
the FRencu Repus- 
Lic, 

and convert Greece into” 
a province of the Re- 
MAN REPUBLIC. 
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made 2 atallel pe 
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fas 
Milehe< 
Mr. Editor, to hays 
rfe€tly complete gam 
63% ! 
only wilh to raife the curiofity of ycur 
readers, towards a fubjeét hizhly interefts 
ing toall who cultivate ancient and mo. 
dern hiftory. In fuch political and hif- 
torical paralleis, we muft not look fo 
much to the exactitude of the details, as 
to the general be@y of facts which lead 
to the eonclunons. 
London, Sptember 10, 
s 
1796. J. D. 
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