THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIAN 3, CARTHAGINIANS, ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS, MEDES BY CHARLES ROLLIN, LATE PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, PROFESSOR OF ELOQUENCE IN THE TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY THE REV. R. LYNAM, A. M. ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN TO THE MAGDALEN HOSPITAL IN EIGHT VOLUMES. FROM THE FIFTEENTH LONDON EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED. VOL. II.; Philadelphia: PUBLISHED BY BROWN & PETERS. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. 1829. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. BOOK II. Continued. SECT. II. Dissensions between the Carthaginians and Masinissa, king of Numidia A digression on the manners and character of the second Scipio Africanus 3. The lake, ditches, and canals made for the draining of the river THE FOUNDATION OF THE EMPIRE OF THE PERSIANS AND MEDES, BY Il Cyrus's journey to his grandfather Astyages, and his return into Persia III. The first campaign of Cyrus, who goes to succour his uncle Cyaxares ART. II. The history of the besieging and taking of Babylon by Cyrus SEOT. I. Predictions of the principal circumstances relating to the siege and the taking of Babylon, as they are set down in different places of the Holy Scrip- |