LATE PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS, PROFESSOR OF ELOQUENCE
IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE, AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY

OF INSCRIPTIONS AND BELLES-LETTRES.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

THE ELEVENTH EDITION.

REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH A SET OF MAPS
NEWLY ENGRAVED.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

BOOK II. continued.

The history of the Carthaginians.

PART II.

Sect. II. Dissensions between the Carthaginians

and Masinissa, king of Numidia

The third Punic war

A digression on the manners and character of the

second Scipio Africanus

The history of the family and posterity of Masi-

nissa

Page

1

8

35

43

BOOK III.

The history of the Assyrians.

CHAP. I. The first empire of the Assyrians

Sect I. Duration of that empire

1. The walls

2. The

quays and bridge

68

70

71

3. The lake, ditches, and canals, made

for the draining of the river

4. The palaces, and hanging gardens

5. The temple of Belus