. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. gions, to submit,Sulla, in 78 b. c. Mithridates levied an armywith a determination to expel the Romansfrom Asia. But he was defeated by Lucul-lus, followed by the victorious Romans intohis own states and driven to seek refuge inArmenia. In 67 b. c. he won a completevictoi-y over the Romans; following up hissuccess, he rapidly recovered the larger partof his dominions. The Romans then in-vested Pompey with absolute power in theEast, and
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. gions, to submit,Sulla, in 78 b. c. Mithridates levied an armywith a determination to expel the Romansfrom Asia. But he was defeated by Lucul-lus, followed by the victorious Romans intohis own states and driven to seek refuge inArmenia. In 67 b. c. he won a completevictoi-y over the Romans; following up hissuccess, he rapidly recovered the larger partof his dominions. The Romans then in-vested Pompey with absolute power in theEast, and by his overwhelming numbers, in66 B. c, the forces of Mithridates were com-pletely routed near the Euphrates. Theking retired beyond the Caucasus, and whenhis troops, headed by his son Pharnaces,marched against him, he killed himself. MIZPAH, a Hebrew name signifyingtcatchtoiver, given to several places in Bib-lical literature. In a modem connection itis chiefly interesting as the name given toa heap of stones set up in Palestine byJacob and his brethren as a sign that theyinvoked the watchfulness of God over thecovenant between Jacob and Laban. For the. ]VnTHRIDATESAfter the death of words of the covenant, The Lord watch be-tween me and thee, etc. {Gen. XXXI, 49),are implied in the word Mizpah as usedto-day as an inscriiDtion for memorial rino-s. MOABITES, the descendants of Moab,Lots son, who occupied the fertile plateaulying east of the Dead Sea. They belongedto the same Semitic stock as the Hebrewsand spoke practically the same were numerous at the time the Israel-ites crossed their plains on the way fromEgypt to Canaan. Moab and Israel were,throughout their history, mutually hostileand intei-mittently engaged in warfare. Onbecoming king of Israel, David, descendantof Ruth, a Moabitish woman, subjugatedMoab. Later Moab was tributary to As-syria and Babylon and to Rome. After theywere conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, theMoabites disappeared from history as a na-tio
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