The book Ancient History; Or, the Old States And Empires was written by author Lord, John, 1810-1894. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of Ancient History; Or, the Old States And Empires book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Ancient History; Or, the Old States And Empires a good or bad book?
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I need not detail the various enterprises on both sides, until Antalcidas returned from Susa with the treaty confirmed between the Spartans and the court of Persia, which closed the war between the various contending parties, 814 The LacedcBmonian Empire. [Chap. xxi. B. c. 387. This treaty was of great importance, but it indi- cates the loss of all Hellenic dignity when Sparta, too, descends so far as to comply with the demands of a Persian satrap. Evil consc- Atlicns and Sparta, both, at diffe...rent times, in- quences of ini > -\ i* -r\ • • it tiie livahies voked the aid oi Persia against each other — the ciaa States, most mournful fact in the whole history of Greece, showing how much more powerful were the rivalries of States than the sentiment of patriotism, which should have united them against their common enemy. The sacrifice of Ionia was the price which was paid by Sparta, in order to retain her supremacy over the rest of Greece, and Persia ruled over all the Greeks on the Asiatic coast.
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