HISTORY

OF

THE WORLD.

THE

HISTORY

OF

THE WORLD,

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 Conquests, and an Estimate of his
Plans for their Consolidation and Improvement.

BY JOHN GILLIES, LL. D.

F. R. S. and S. A. London, F. R. S. Edinburgh, and Historiographer to
his Majesty for Scotland.

Εκ μεν τοι γε της απαντων προς άλληλα συμπλοκής και παραθέσεως, ετι δε όμοιότητος
και διαφοράς, μόνως αν τις εφίκοιτο και δυνηθείη, κατοπτεύσας, άμα και το χρησιμον και το
τίξπνον εκ της ιστοριας λαβείν.

POLYBIUS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.

Published by Hopkins and Earle, Philadelphia; Farrand, Mallory and Co.
Boston; and J. W. Campbell, Petersburg, Virginia.

FRY AND KAMMERER, PRINTERS.

1809.