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Excerpt from The History of the World, Vol. 2 of 3: From the Reign of Alexander to That of Augustus, Comprehending the Latter Ages of European Greece, and the History of the Greek Kingdoms in Asia and Africa, From Their Foundation to Their Destruction, With a Preliminary Survey of Alexander's Consolidation The immediate successors of Alexander were distinguished in point of spirit and activity from the generation that came after them. Trained in the school of that conqueror, their unceasing enterprise left scarcely any interval of repose, during which our attention might be directed to those nations celebrated in history, which fell not indeed within the limits of the Macedonian empire, but whose transactions derive connexion and unity from those of the western Greeks, a commercial and seafaring, as well as an ambitious and warlike people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.