The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . n, ofwhat might be expected one day from his valor and bravery. After the battle of Ipsus, the four confederate princesdivided the dominions of Antigonus among themselves, andadded them to those they already possessed. The empire ofAlexander was thus divided into four kingdoms, of whichPtolemy had Egypt, Libya, Arabia, Ccelosyria, and Pales-tine ; Cassander had Macedonia and Greece; Lysimachushad Thrace, Bithynia, and some other provinces beyond theHellespont, with the Bosphorus ; Seleucus had all the rest ofAs
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . n, ofwhat might be expected one day from his valor and bravery. After the battle of Ipsus, the four confederate princesdivided the dominions of Antigonus among themselves, andadded them to those they already possessed. The empire ofAlexander was thus divided into four kingdoms, of whichPtolemy had Egypt, Libya, Arabia, Ccelosyria, and Pales-tine ; Cassander had Macedonia and Greece; Lysimachushad Thrace, Bithynia, and some other provinces beyond theHellespont, with the Bosphorus ; Seleucus had all the rest ofAsia to the other side of the Euphrates, and as far as theriver Indus. The dominions of this last prince are usuallycalled the kingdom of Syria, because Seleucus, who after-wards built Antioch in that province, made it the chief seatof his residence, in which he was followed by his successors,who, from his name, were called Seleucidse. This kingdom,however, not only included Syria, but those vast and fertileprovinces of Upper Asia, which constituted the Persianempire.—C.
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