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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME SIXTH.
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
BOOK V. CONTINUED.
CHAPTER IV.
SECT. V. Of Philopomen, general of the Achæans, and
Machanidas, tyrant of Lacedæmon. A battle between
them, wherein Machanidas is slain
SECT. VI.-Philip having peace with Rome, and with all
Greece, prepares against Asia. Of the kings of Perga-
mus, Cappadocia, Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and
their lineages. Of the Galatians...........................
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SECT. VII.-The town of Cios taken by Philip, at the in-
stance of Prusias, king of Bithynia, and cruelly destroy-
ed. By this, and like actions, Philip grows hateful to
many of the Greeks, and is warred upon by Attalus,
king of Pergamus, and by the Rhodians.........
SECT. VIII.-The Romans, after their Carthaginian war,
seek matter of quarrel against Philip. The Athenians,
upon slight cause, proclaim war against Philip, moved
thereto by Attalus, whom they flatter. Philip wins divers
towns, and makes peremptory answer to the Roman em-
bassador. The furious resolution of the Abydeni.......... 14
SECT. IX.-The Romans decree war against Philip, and
send one of their consuls into Greece, as it were in de-
fence of the Athenians, their confederates. How poor
the Athenians were at this time, both in quality and
estate
VOL. VI.
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