The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians . perfon; and Hermias the Carian was de-clared his prime minifter, as he had been under hisbrother. Achseus foon recovered all the territorieswhich Attalus had taken from the empire of Syria,and forced him to confine himfelf within his kingdomof Pergamus. Alexander and Molo defpifing thekings youth, were no fooner fixed in their govern-ments, but they refufed to acknowledge him; andeach declared himfelf fovereign in the province overwhich he had been appointed lieutenant.
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians . perfon; and Hermias the Carian was de-clared his prime minifter, as he had been under hisbrother. Achseus foon recovered all the territorieswhich Attalus had taken from the empire of Syria,and forced him to confine himfelf within his kingdomof Pergamus. Alexander and Molo defpifing thekings youth, were no fooner fixed in their govern-ments, but they refufed to acknowledge him; andeach declared himfelf fovereign in the province overwhich he had been appointed lieutenant. Hermias,by his ill treatment of them, had very much contri-buted to their revolt. This minifter was of a cruel difpofition. The moftinconfiderable faults were by him made crimes, andpuniftied with the utmoft rigour. He was a man ofvery little genius, but haughty, full of himfelf, tena-cious of his own opinion, and would have thought it a dif-^ (b) Polyb. 1. V. p. 386.• To SiUucioy nvhicb nvas in ivas no longer in being, or at Itajlthat province^ and the capital of ivas uninhabited,thf Eajlf injlead of Babylon, nvhidi. gj 1^^ d ? 0 Ji-^M ^ X ^^^ All ff ^teEr»-| Asia Minor Ifc -^f5:- ^Az> Tifi; EvxiN Sea . ^ J_^ ,?> ^ For the Antient Iliftory ?^Zjt ^if*^- ofMfROLLIN, Br THE SriiANriLLE Ci 0ctob:i-]4O. a*r il ^ ofCt^Cj/- *^f **--^ f/ ^ 1 Dios3^4JSf^^4P^F<^;:~~^J trg R3 \FlhedieCM CaslcLAk, iv- w
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