BOOK IV.

1. Describe the rise of Macedonia. §§ 1, 2. 2. The successive steps of the ascendency of Philip. 2-5. 3. The youth, education, and character of Alexander. 6, 7. 4. His conquests and Asiatic policy. 8-12, 14-17. 5. His projects and death. 18. 6. The war of the regents. 19. 7. What was done by Antipater? 19, 20, 66, 67. 8. By Antigonus and his son? 20, 22-25, 29, 68. 9. What became of the near relatives of Alexander? 21-23. 10. What were the results of the battle of Ipsus? 25. 11. Effects upon Europe and Asia of Alexander’s conquests? 26, 27. 12. Describe the extent and organization of the kingdom of Seleucus. 28-30. 13. Name the Seleucidæ, and relate one incident of each. 28-48. 14. Describe in detail the reign of Antiochus the Great. 34-37, 100. 15. The last but one of the kings of Syria. 48, 97. 16. The incursions of the Gauls. 31, 70, 71. 17. The condition of Egypt under the Ptolemies. 49, 51, 54. 18. Alexandria and its schools. 52, 53. 19. The conquests of the first three Ptolemies. 50, 54, 56. 20. The character of their successors. 56, 57, 60, 62-65. 21. What was the result to Athens of the Lamian War? 68. 22. What became of the sons of Cassander? 67. 23. How many kings of Thrace and Macedonia B. C. 281? 69, 70. 24. Describe the two reigns of Antigonus Gonatas. 72, 74. 25. The character of Pyrrhus. 72, 73. 26. Tell the history of the Achæan League. 75-79, 82, 86. 27. What occurred in Sparta during the Macedonian regency of Antigonus Doson? 77. 28. Describe the character and reign of Philip V. 78-81, 83. 29. The successive interventions of the Romans in affairs of Macedonia and Greece. 76, 79, 81-83, 85, 86. 30. The last of the Antigonidæ. 84. 31. How many kings of other families or nations reigned in Macedonia during the Third Period? 32. Describe the Thracians. 87. 33. The origin and history of Pergamus. 88-90. 34. Of Bithynia. 91. 35. The early history of Pontus. 92. 36. Tell the story of Mithridates V. 93-95. 37. Describe Cappadocia. 96. 38. Tell in brief the history of Armenia, B. C. 301-A. D. 114. 97. 39. Describe the most easterly of the Greek kingdoms in Asia. 98. 40. The character and history of the Parthians. 99. 41. How was Judæa governed, B. C. 323-168? 100, 101. 42. Describe its condition under the Syrian kings. 101. 43. The rise and reign of the Maccabees. 102-105. 44. The character of Herod, and the great events of his reign. 106, 107. 45. How were his dominions distributed B. C. 4-A. D. 44? 108. 46. Describe the last twenty-six years of Jewish history. 109. 47. How many battles have been described at Beth-horon? 48. How many at Thermopylæ? 49. How many at Mantinea? 50. How many at Salamis in Cyprus? 51. How many at Chæronea?