. Thackerayana;. ROLLINS ANCIENT HISTORY. 45 It struck him on the head with its full force, and his helmet beingpowerless to resist the blow, he became unconscious reins dropped from his hands, and he fell from his horse with-out recognition. Soon after a soldier who knew Pyrrhus observedhis rank, and completed the work by cutting off the kings head.—Vol. VII. p. 460. *. . A few days after Ptolemy had refused thepeace proposals of the Gauls, the armies came toan engagement, in which the Macedonians werecompletely defeated and cut to pieces. Ptolemy,covered with wounds, was made p
. Thackerayana;. ROLLINS ANCIENT HISTORY. 45 It struck him on the head with its full force, and his helmet beingpowerless to resist the blow, he became unconscious reins dropped from his hands, and he fell from his horse with-out recognition. Soon after a soldier who knew Pyrrhus observedhis rank, and completed the work by cutting off the kings head.—Vol. VII. p. 460. *. . A few days after Ptolemy had refused thepeace proposals of the Gauls, the armies came toan engagement, in which the Macedonians werecompletely defeated and cut to pieces. Ptolemy,covered with wounds, was made prisoner, his headwas cut off, and, mounted on the point of a lance,was shown in derision to the soldiers of the enemy.—Vol. VII. p. 376. . The Colossus of Rhodes remained as itfell, without being disturbed for 894 years, at theexpiration of which time (in the year 672of the Christian era) the Sixth Caliph, orEmperor of the Saracens, having con-quered Rhodes, he sold the remains ofthe Colossus to a Hebre
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