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in egipt.
ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.
Cleopatra.–Excitement in Alexandria.–Ptolemy restored.–Acquiescence
of the people.–Festivities.–Popularity of Antony.–Antony’s
generosity.–Anecdote.–Antony and Cleopatra.–Antony returns to
Rome.–Ptolemy’s murders.–Pompey and Caesar.–Close of Ptolemy’s
reign.–Settlement of the succession.–Accession of Cleopatra.–She is
married to her brother.–Pothinus, the eunuch.–His character and
government.–Machinations of Pothinus.–Cleopatra is expelled.
–Cleopatra’s army.–Approaching contest.–Caesar and Pompey. Continue reading ‘ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.’
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CLEOPATRA’S FATHER.
Rome the rival of Alexandria.–Extent of their rule.–Extension of the
Roman empire.–Cleopatra’s father.–Ptolemy’s ignoble birth.–Caesar and
Pompey.–Ptolemy purchases the alliance of Rome.–Taxes to raise the
money.–Revolt at Alexandria.–Ptolemy’s flight.–Berenice.–Her
marriage with Seleucus.–Cleopatra’s early life.–Ptolemy an object of
contempt.–Ptolemy’s interview with Cato.–Character of
Cato.–Ptolemy’s reception.–Cato’s advice to him. Continue reading ‘CLEOPATRA’S FATHER.’
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ALEXANDRIA.
Internal administration of the Ptolemies.–Industry of the people.–Its
happy effects.–Idleness the parent of vice.–An idle aristocracy
generally vicious.–Degradation and vice.–Employment a cure for
both.–Greatness of Alexandria.–Situation of its port.–Warehouses and
granaries.–Business of the port.–Scenes within the city.–The natives
protected in their industry.–Public edifices.–The light-house.–Fame
of the light-house.–Its conspicuous position.–Mode of lighting the
tower.–Modern method–The architect of the Pharos. Continue reading ‘ALEXANDRIA.’
