The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, - Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians - (Vol. 1 of 6)

Charles Rollin

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Title: The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians,
Assyrians,
Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and
Grecians (Vol. 1 of
6)
Author: Charles Rollin
Release Date: April 11, 2009 [Ebook 28558]
Language: English
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THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS,
CARTHAGINIANS, ASSYRIANS,
BABYLONIANS, MEDES AND
PERSIANS, MACEDONIANS AND GRECIANS (VOL. 1 OF
6)***The
Ancient History
Of The
Egyptians, Carthaginians,
Assyrians, Babylonians,
Medes and Persians,
Macedonians and Grecians
By
Charles Rollin
Late Principal of the University of Paris
Professor of Eloquence in The Royal College
And Member of the Royal Academy
Of Inscriptions and Belles Letters
Translated From The French
In Six Volumes
Vol. I.
New Edition
Illustrated With Maps and Other Engravings
London
Printed for Longman And Co., J. M. Richardson,
Hamilton And Co., Hatchard And Son, Simpkin And Co.,
Rivingtons, Whittaker And Co., Allen And Co.,
Nisbet And Co., J. Bain, T. And W. Boone, E. Hodgson,
T. Bumpus, Smith, Elder, And Co., J. Capes, L. Booth,
Bigg And Son, Houlston And Co., H. Washbourne,
Bickets And Bush, Waller And Son, Cambridge,
Wilson And Sons, York, G. And J. Robinson, Liverpool,
And A. And C. Black, Edinburgh
1850Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Book The First. The Ancient History Of The Egyptians. . . 180
Part The First. Description of Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . 180
Chapter I. Thebais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 II. Middle Egypt, or Heptanomis. . . . . 182
Chapter III. Lower Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Part The Second. Of the Manners and Customs of the
Egyptians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Chapter I. Concerning The Kings And Government.207 II. the Priests And Religion
Of The Egyptians. . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Chapter III. Of The Egyptian Soldiers And War. . 227 IV. Of Their Arts And Sciences. . . . . . 229
Chapter V. Of Their Husbandmen, Shepherds,
and Artificers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Chapter VI. Of The Fertility Of Egypt. . . . . . . 236
Part The Third. The History of the Kings of Egypt. . . 244
Book The Second. The Of The Carthaginians. . . . 286
Part The First. Character, Manners, Religion,
Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Part The Second. The History of the Carthaginians. . . 315
Chapter I. The Foundation of Carthage. . . . . . 315 II. The History of . . . . . . . 361
Book the Third. The History of the Assyrians. . . . . . . . 538
Chapter I. The First Empire of the . . . . . 538 II. The Second Assyrian Empire, both of
Nineveh and Babylon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Chapter III. The History of the Kingdom of the Medes. 582 IV. The of the Lydians. . . . . . . . . 597ivThe Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)
Maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623Charles Rollin. Born 1661. Died 1741.
[Transcriber's Note: The French original of this work was
published 1730-38. The translation was done by Robert Lynam.]A Letter written by the Right Reverend Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY,
late Lord Bishop of Rochester, to M. ROLLIN, in commendation
of this Work.
Reverende atque Eruditissime Vir,
Cum, monente amico quodam, qui juxta ædes tuas habitat,
scirem te Parisios revertisse; statui salutatum te ire, ut primùm per
valetudinem liceret. Id officii, ex pedum infirmitate aliquandiu
dilatum, cùm tandem me impleturum sperarem, frustrà fui; domi
non eras. Restat, ut quod coràm exequi non potui, scriptis saltem
literis præstem; tibique ob ea omnia, quibus à te auctus sum,
beneficia, grates agam, quas habeo certè, et semper habiturus
sum, maximas.
Reverà munera ilia librorum nuperis à te annis editorum
egregia ac perhonorifica mihi visa sunt. Multi enim facio, et te, vir
præstantissime, et tua omnia quæcunque in isto literarum genere
perpolita sunt; in quo quidem Te cæteris omnibus ejusmodi
scriptoribus facilè antecellere, atque esse eundem et dicendi
et sentiendi magistrum optimum, prorsùs existimo; cùmque in
excolendis his studiis aliquantulum ipse et operæ et temporis
posuerim, liberè tamen profiteor me, tua cum legam ac relegam,
ea edoctum esse à te, non solùm quæ nesciebam prorsus, sed
etiam quæ anteà didicisse mihi visus sum. Modestè itaque
nimiùm de opere tuo sentis, cùm juventuti tantùm instituendæ
elaboratum id esse contendis. Ea certè scribis, quæ à viris
istiusmodi rerum haud imperitis, cum voluptate et fructu legi
possunt. Vetera quidem et satis cognita revocas in memoriam;
sed ita revocas, ut illustres, ut ornes; ut aliquid vetustis adjicias
quod novum sit, alienis quod omnino tuum: bonasque picturas
bonâ in luce collocando efficis, ut etiam iis, à quibus sæpissimè
conspectæ sunt, elegantiores tamen solito appareant, et placeant
magis.
Certè, dum Xenophontem sæpiùs versas, ab illo et ea quæ à te
plurimis in locis narrantur, et ipsum ubique narrandi modum
videris traxisse, stylique Xenophontei nitorem ac venustam3
simplicitatem non imitari tantùm, sed planè assequi: ita ut si
Gallicè scisset Xenophon, non aliis ilium, in eo argumento quod
tractas, verbis usurum, non alio prorsùs more scripturum judicem.
Hæc ego, haud assentandi causâ, (quod vitium procul à me
abest,) sed verè ex animi sententiâ dico. Cùm enim pulchris à te
donis ditatus sim, quibus in eodem, aut in alio quopiam doctrinæ
genere referendis imparem me sentio, volui tamen propensi
erga te animi gratique testimonium proferre, et te aliquo saltem
munusculo, etsi perquam dissimili, remunerari.
Perge, vir docte admodùm et venerande, de bonis literis,
quæ nunc neglectæ passim et spretæ jacent, benè mereri: perge
juventatem Gallicam (quando illi solummodò te utilem esse vis)
optimis et præceptis et exemplis informare.
Quod ut facias, annis ætatis tuæ elapsis multos adjiciat Deus!
iisque decurrentibus sanum te præstet atque incolumem. Hoc ex
animo optat ac vovet
Tui observantissimus
FRANCISCUS ROFFENSIS.
Pransurum te mecum post festa dixit mihi amicus ille noster
qui tibi vicinus est. Cùm statueris tecum quo die adfuturus
es, id illi significabis. Me certè annis malisque debilitatum,
quandocunque veneris, domi invenies.
6° Kal. Jan. 1731.
A Letter written by the Right Reverend Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY,
late Lord Bishop of Rochester, to M. ROLLIN, in commendation
of this Work.
Reverend and most Learned Sir,
When I was informed by a friend who lives near you, that you
were returned to Paris, I resolved to wait on you, as soon as my
health would admit. After having been prevented by the gout for
some time, I was in hopes at length of paying my respects to you
at your house, and went thither, but found you not at home. It is4The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)
incumbent on me therefore to do that in writing, which I could
not in person, and to return you my acknowledgments for all the
favours you have been pleased to confer upon me, of which I beg
you will be assured, that I shall always retain the most grateful
sense.
And indeed I esteem the books you have lately published,
as presents of exceeding value, and such as do me very great
honour. For I have the highest regard, most excellent Sir, both
for you, and for every thing that comes from so masterly a
hand as yours, in the kind of learning you treat; in which I
must believe that you not only excel all other writers, but are
at the same time the best master of speaking and thinking well;
and I freely confess that, though I had applied some time and
pains in cultivating these studies, when I read your volumes over
and over again, I was instructed in things by you, of which I
was not only entirely ignorant, but seemed to myself to have
learnt before. You have therefore too modest an opinion of your
work, when you declare it composed solely for the instruction of
youth. What you write may undoubtedly be read with pleasure
and improvement by persons not unacquainted with learning of
the same kind. For whilst you call to mind ancient facts and
things sufficiently known, you do it in such a manner, that you
illustrate, you embellish them; still adding something new to the
old, something entirely your own to the labours of othe