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Excerpt from The Ancient History, Vol. 5 of 8 The reigns of Philip king of Macedon, and Alexander his son, contain the space of thirty-six years; the reign of the former including twenty-four, and that of the latter, twelve. They extend from the first year of the 105th Olympiad, or the year of the world 3644, to the first year of the 114th Olympiad, which answers to the year of the world 3680. The kings who reigned during that time in Persia, were Artaxerxes Ochus, Arses, and Darius Codomanus. The Persian empire expired with the last. We know not any thing concerning the transactions of the Jews during these thirty-six years, except what we are told by Josephus, Book xi. chap. 7. and 8. of his Antiquities of the Jews, under the high-priests John or Johanan, and Jaddus. These will be mentioned in the course of this history, with which that of the Jews is intermixed. The above mentioned space of thirty-six years, with respect to the Roman history, extends from the 393d to the 429th year from the foundation of Rome. The great men who made the most conspicuous figure among the Romans during that space of time, were Appius Claudius the dictator, T. Quinctius Capitolinus, Tit. Manlius Torquatus, L. Papirius Cursor, M. Valerius Corvinus, Q. Fabius Maximus, and the two Decii, who devoted themselves to death for the sake of their country. Macedon was an hereditary kingdom, situated in ancient Thrace, and bounded on the south by the mountains of Thessaly; on the east by Boeotia and Picria, on the west by the Lyncestes, and on the north by Mygdonia and Pelagonia. 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. I