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Sect. VII. The great battle of Mantinea. The honourable death

of Epaminondas, with his commendation.
269

Sect. VIII. Of the peace concluded in Greece after the battle of

Mantinea. The voyage of Agesilaus into Egypt. His death

and qualities, with an examination of the comparison made

between him and Pompey the Roman.
274

Of Philip, the father of Alexander the Great, king of Macedon.

Sect. I. What kings reigned in Macedon before Philip. 279

Sect. II. The beginning of Philip's reign, and how he delivered

Macedon from the troubles wherein he found it entangled. 285

Sect. III. The good success which Philip had in many enter-

Sect. IV. Of the Phocian war which first drew Philip into

Sect. V. Of the Olynthian war. The ambitious practices of

Sect. VI. How Philip ended the Phocian war.

Sect. VII. How Philip with ill success attempted upon Perin-

thus, Byzantium, and the Scythians.

Sect. VIII. How Philip overthrowing the Greeks in the battle of

Charonea, was chosen captain-general of Greece. The death

Sect. IX. What good foundations of Alexander's greatness were

laid by Philip. Of his laudable qualities and issue.

Of Alexander the Great.

Sect. I. A brief rehearsal of Alexander's doings before he in-

Sect. II. How Alexander, passing into Asia, fought with the Per-

sians upon the river of Granicus.

Sect. III. A digression concerning the defence of hard passages.

Of things following the battle of Granick.

Sect. IV. Of the unwarlike army levied by Darius against Alex-

ander. The unadvised courses which Darius took in this ex-

pedition. He is vanquished at Issus, where his mother, wife,

and children are made prisoners. Of some things following

the battle of Issus.

Sect. V. How Alexander besieged and won the city of Tyre. 323

Sect. VI. How Darius offered conditions of peace to Alexander.

Alexander wins Gaza, and deals graciously with the Jews. 325

Sect. VII. Alexander wins Egypt, and makes a journey to the

temple of Hammon.
327

Sect. VIII. How Alexander, marching against Darius, was op-

posed very unskilfully by the enemy.

Sect. IX. The new provisions of Darius. Accidents foregoing

the battle of Arbela.

Sect. X. The battle of Arbela; and that it could not be so

strongly fought as report hath made it.
336

Sect. XI. Of things following the battle of Arbela. The yielding

of Babylon and Susa.

Sect. XII. How Alexander came to Persepolis, and burnt it. 342

Sect. XIII. The treason of Bessus against Darius. Darius's

Sect. XIV. How Alexander pursued Bessus, and took into his

grace Darius's captains.
348

Sect. XV. Of Thalestris, queen of the Amazons, where by way

of digression it is shewed that such Amazons have been and

Sect. XVI. How Alexander fell into the Persians' luxury; and

how he further pursued Bessus.

Sect. XVII. A conspiracy against Alexander. The death of Phi-

lotas and Parmenio.

Sect. XVIII. How Alexander subdued the Bactrians, Sogdians,

and other people. How Bessus was delivered into his hands.

How he fought with the Scythians.

Sect. XIX. How Alexander slew his own friends.

Sect. XX. Of Alexander's journey into India. The battle be-

tween him and Porus.

Sect. XXI. How Alexander finished his expedition, and returned

Sect. XXII. Of Alexander's riot, cruelty, and death.

Sect. XXIII. Of Alexander's person and qualities.

The reign of Aridæus.

Sect. I. Of the question about succession to Alexander.

Sect. II. The election of Aridæus, with the troubles thereabout

arising; the first division of the empire.

Sect. III. The beginning of the Lamian war.

Sect. IV. How Perdiccas employed his army.

Sect. V. The process of the Lamian war.

Sect. VI. Of the peace granted to Athens by Antipater. Of De-

mosthenes' death.

Sect. VII. How Craterus and Antipater were drawn from their

Ætolian wars into Asia. The grounds of the first civil war

between the Macedonian lords.

Sect. VIII. Perdiccas's voyage into Egypt, and his death.

Sect. IX. Victories of Eumenes in the Lower Asia.

Sect. X. Quarrels between Eurydice the queen and Python the

protector. Python resigns his office, into which Antipater is

Sect. XI. Antigonus, lieutenant of Asia, wins a battle of Eume-

nes, and besiegeth him in Nora: he vanquisheth other fol-

lowers of Perdiccas.

Sect. XII. Ptolomy wins Syria and Phoenicia. The death of An-

Sect. XIII. Of Polysperchon, who succeeded unto Antipater in

the protectorship. The insurrection of Cassander against

Sect. XIV. The unworthy courses held by Polysperchon for the

keeping down of Cassander.

Sect. XV. Of the great commotions raised in Athens by Polys-

perchon's decree. The death of Phocion.

Sect. XVI. Of Polysperchon, his vain expedition against Cassan-

Sect. XVII. Antigonus seeks to make himself an absolute lord;

and thereupon treats with Eumenes, who disappointeth him.

Phrygia and Lydia won by Antigonus.
428

Sect. XVIII. Antigonus pursues Eumenes; Eumenes, having

authority from the court, raiseth great war against Antigonus

in defence of the royal house.

Sect. XIX. How the princes of Macedon stood affected mutually.

Olympias takes Aridæus and Eurydice, whom she cruelly puts

Sect. XX. How Cassander was revenged upon Olympias.

§. 1. The great expedition of Cassander. Olympias shuts herself

into Pydna, where Cassander besiegeth her. Eacides, king of

Epirus, coming to succour Olympias, is forsaken, and banished

by his own subjects.

§. 2. A continuation of Olympias's story. Polysperchon defeated.

Extreme famine in Pydna. Olympias yields to Cassander. 437

§. 3. The death of Olympias, and her condition.
438

§. 4. Cassander celebrates the funeral of Aridæus and Eurydice,

and seeks to make himself king of Macedon.

Of the great lordship which Antigonus got in Asia.

Sect. I. The journey of Eumenes into Persia. His wise dealing

with those that joined with him.

Sect. II. How Antigonus, coming to set upon Eumenes, was

driven off with loss.

Sect. IV. Of divers stratagems practised by Antigonus and Eu-

menes, one against the other.
444

Sect. V. The conspiracy of Peucestes and others against Eume-

Sect. III. Of Eumenes's cunning. A battle between him and

Sect. VI. The last battle between Antigonus and Eumenes. 447

Sect. VII. How Eumenes was betrayed to Antigonus, and slain.

Sect. VIII. How Antigonus slew Python, and occupied Media.

How he removed governors of provinces, and made himself

lord of Persia, carrying away Peucestes.

Sect. IX. How Seleucus was chased out of Babylon by Antigo-

nus. The great riches of Antigonus.

Of the great civil war between Alexander's captains; and how

they assumed the name and state of kings.

Sect. I. The combination of Ptolomy, Cassander, and others

against Antigonus. Their demands, and his answer.

Sect. II. The preparations and beginnings of the wars.

Sect. III. How each party sought to win the assistance of Greece.

Antigonus's declaration against Cassander. Alexander, the son

of Polysperchon, revolteth from Antigonus, who had set him.

Sect. IV. The Etolians rise against Cassander in favour of Anti-

gonus, and are beaten. A fleet and land-army of Antigonus

utterly defeated by Ptolomy's lieutenant. In what terms the

war stood at this time. Antigonus draws nearer to Greece.

Sect. V. How Lysimachus and Cassander vanquished some ene-

mies, raised against them by Antigonus. The good success of

Antigonus in Asia and Greece; with the rebellion of many

cities against Cassander.

Sect. VI. Victories of Ptolomy by sea. A great battle at Gaza,

which Ptolomy and Seleucus won against Demetrius, the son

Sect. VII. How Seleucus recovered Babylon, and made himself

lord of many countries in the Higher Asia. The era of the

kingdom of the Greeks, which began with this dominion of

Sect. VIII. How Ptolomy lost all that he had won in Syria.

What the causes were of the quiet obedience performed unto

the Macedonians, by those that had been subject unto the

Persian empire. Of divers petty enterprises, taken in hand by

Antigonus and Demetrius, with ill success.
473

Sect. IX. A general peace made and broken. How all the house

of Alexander was destroyed.

Sect. X. How Demetrius, the son of Antigonus, gave liberty to

Athens, expelling the garrisons of Cassander out of those parts.

The immoderate honours decreed by the Athenians to Antigo-

nus and Demetrius.

Sect. XI. The great victory of Demetrius against Ptolomy in

Cyprus. How Antigonus and Demetrius took upon them the

style of kings; wherein others followed their example.

Of the wars between the kings of Egypt, Asia, Macedon, Thrace,

and others, until all Alexander's princes were consumed.

Sect. I. The expedition of Antigonus against Egypt, with ill suc-

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