Thirtythousandsoldiers，underthecommandofAlexander，thesonofPhilip，whowasintrustedbytheGreekswiththeirgloryandrevenge，weresufficienttosubduePersia。TheprincesofthehouseofSeleucususurpedandlosttheMacedoniancommandovertheEast。Aboutthesametime，that，byanignominioustreaty，theyresignedtotheRomansthecountryonthissideMountTarus，theyweredrivenbytheParthians，anobscurehordeofScythianorigin，fromalltheprovincesofUpperAsia。TheformidablepoweroftheParthians，whichspreadfromIndiatothefrontiersofSyria，wasinitsturnsubvertedbyArdshir，orArtaxerxes；thefounderofanewdynasty，which，underthenameofSassanides，governedPersiatilltheinvasionoftheArabs。

　　Thisgreatrevolution，whosefatalinfluencewassoonexperiencedbytheRomans，happenedinthefourthyearofAlexanderSeverus，twohundredandtwenty—sixyearsaftertheChristianera。^2^!

　　[Footnote1:Anancientchronologist，quotedbyValleiusPaterculus，l。i。c。6，observes，thattheAssyrians，theMedes，thePersians，andtheMacedonians，reignedoverAsiaonethousandninehundredandninety—fiveyears，fromtheaccessionofNinustothedefeatofAntiochusbytheRomans。Asthelatterofthesegreateventshappened289yearsbeforeChrist，theformermaybeplaced2184yearsbeforethesameaera。TheAstronomicalObservations，foundatBabylon，byAlexander，wentfiftyyearshigher。]

　　[Footnote*:TheParthianswereatribeoftheIndo—Germanicbranchwhichdweltonthesouth—eastoftheCaspian，andbelongedtothesameraceastheGetae，theMassagetae，andothernations，confoundedbytheancientsunderthevaguedenominationofScythians。Klaproth，TableauxHist。dl\'Asie，p。40。Strabop。

　　747callstheParthiansCarduchi，i。e。，theinhabitantsofCurdistan。—M。]

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