The Church of Redeemed Volume 1; Or, the History of the Mediatorial Kingdom baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...with heaps of slain. The Persians' loss is estimated by Diodorus at 100,000 infantry, and not less than 10,000 horse; while the Macedonians had only 300 of their infantry killed, and half that number of their cavalry. Night put an end to the conflict. The Macedonians dropped their pursuit, and occupied themselves with plunder. Immense treasures were found about the royal tents, and the mother, wife and children, of Darius, with innumerable other ladies of rank, were taken prisoners. Alexander himself returned from the pursuit of Darius about midnight. The Persian monarch, with not more than four thousand followers, took refuge in Thapsacus, hastening to place the Euphrates between himself and his conqueror. Such was the battle of Issus. It was fought in January, says Arrian, when Nicostratus was Archon of Athens. Diodorus calls him Nicocrates, and places the event in the fourth year of the one hundred and eleventh Olympiad. It must, therefore, have A, p 4m been fought at the beginning of the next year. B. v.-. 332. The treasure found in the king's tent amounted, says Arrian, only to three thousand talents; for Darius had deposited at Damascus the greater part of his money, and all that could be considered as superfluous. Parmenio was, therefore, sent to take it, while Alexander remained on the sea-coast of Syria, to subdue the maritime cities to his obedience. IV. Having refreshed his army, Alexander determined to invade Egypt, and for that purpose came into Phoenicia. Tyre was the only city which refused to receive him, and he sat himself down to reduce it. We have seen that when Nebuchadnezzar besieged the old or continental city for thirteen years, the inhabitants built a new city upon an island, distant half a mile from the main land. Here, by thei...