THE HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY.
THE
HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY. FROM THE GERMAN OF
PROFESSOR MAX DUNCKER,
EVELYN ABBOTT,
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THE HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY.
THE
HISTORY OF ANTIQUITY. FROM THE GERMAN OF
PROFESSOR MAX DUNCKER,
EVELYN ABBOTT,
M.A., LL.D.,
FELLOW AND TUTOR OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.
VOL. VI.
LONDON
UCHARD BENTLEY & |Jnblis|jers
SON,
:
NEW BURLINGTON
in (Drbtnarp to fjcr Pajtstg 1882.
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CONTENTS. BOOK
VIII.
(CONTINUED.)
THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS. CHAPTEE
VI. PAGE
THE FALL OF THE LYDIAN EMPIKE
CHAPTER THE SUBJUGATION OF ASIA MINOB.
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VII.
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CHAPTEE
VIII.
THE FALL OF BABYLON
CHAPTEE THE KINGDOM OF CTKTJS
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CHAPTEE TIIE
FALL OF EGYPT
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X.
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CHAPTEE
XI.
THE MARCH TO MERGE
CHAPTEE THE DEATH OF CAMBYSES
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XII.
CONTENTS.
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CHAPTEE
XIII. PAGE
THE RISE OF DARIUS
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XIV.
THE REBELLIONS IN THE PROVINCES
CHAPTEE XV. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DARIUS ON THE INDUS AND THE DANUBE
CHAPTEE
XVI.
THE CONQUESTS IN AFRICA AND EUROPE
CHAPTEE THE STATE OF DARIUS
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XVIII.
THE FINANCE AND ARMY OF DARIUS
THE COURT OF DARIUS
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CHAPTEE
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XIX.
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CHAPTEE XX. RETROSPECT
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BOOK
VIII.
(CONTINUED.')
THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS.
VOL. VI.
EASTEEN IBAN. CHAPTER
VI.
THE FALL OF THE LYDIAN EMPIEE.
AFTER the
fall of Nineveh, Media, Babylonia, and had continued to exist side by side in peace Lydia and friendship. The successful rebellion of Cyrus He had not altered at one blow the state of Asia.
been contented with winning independence for the In Persians he had subjected Media to his power. the place of a friendly and allied house, the kings ;
of Lydia and Babylonia saw Astyages deprived of his throne, and Media in the hands of a bold and
ambitious
warrior.
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia
would hardly have allowed the sovereignty of the table-land of Iran to pass out of the power of a near kinsman into that of Cyrus without offering some but he was no longer alive to prevent or resistance ;
revenge the overthrow of his brother-in-law.
His son
Evil-merodach had also come by his death before
Astyages succumbed to the arms of Cyrus, and after a short reign Neriglissar left the kingdom to a boy (III.
392).
was in
its
On
the other hand, the Lydian empire
the successes which his alliance with
fell
Media
;
We
are acquainted with to the lot of Alyattes after
fullest vigour.
we saw with what
rapidity B 2
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THE EMPIRE OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS.
his son Croesus brought to a
happy conclusion the
the Greek cities of the coast. lonoagainst o oo & stru^o-le His kino'dom now embraced the whole of Asia Minor,
Lycians alone remained Loved canton. mountain independent in their small and honoured by his people, as Herodotus indicates, Croesus saw his complete and compact empire in the his treasury was full to overgreatest prosperity his metropolis was the richest city in Asia flowing The Lydian infantry were excellent after Babylon. and trustworthy the cavalry were dreaded in past days they had measured themselves with success 1 Thus in the third or fourth against the Medes. as
as far
the
Halys
;
the
;
;
;
;
year of his reign, in the pride of his position, surrounded by inexhaustible treasures and the most splendid magnificence, on his lofty citadel at Sardis, Croesus could declare himself, against the opinion of the Athenian Solon, the man most favoured by fortune
(III.
458).
Two
years afterwards Astyages,
whose wife Aryanis was Croesus' sister, was overthrown. Croesus had reason enough to take the field for his brother-in-law, and anticipate the danger which might arise for Lydia out of this change in the East. He might hope that his example would set the Babylonians in motion against the usurper of the Median throne, and cause the Medes themselves to revolt But he appears to have against their new master. been afraid of embarking in an uncertain and dangerous war at a great distance from his own borders. It was not clear that victory at the first onset would imply lasting success, and Lydia had no attack to fear so long as Cyrus was occupied in establishhis new dominion in Media, and ing engaged in conflicts in the East and North. In Sardis it mi
