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Excerpt from The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, Vol. 6 of 8: To Which Is Prefixed, a Life of the Author
Sac-r. V. The celebrated battle of Selasia, wherein Antigonus defeats Cleomenes, who retires into Egypt. Antigonus makes himself master of Sparta, and treats that city with great hu manity. The death of that prince, who is succeeded by Philip, the son of Demetrius. The death of Ptolemy Ener getes, to whose throne Ptolemy Philopator succeeds. A great earthquake at Rhodes. The noble generosity of those princes and cities who contributed to the reparation of the losses which the Rhodians had sustained by that calamity. The fate of the famous Colossus.
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