Part 44 (2/2)

M672 Death of Imilco.

M673 Financial embarra.s.sments of Dionysius.

M674 Makes himself master of Messene.

M675 Invades Italy.

M676 Conquers Croton.

M677 Becomes master of Southern Italy. Hissed at the Grecian games.

M678 Dion.

M679 Power and wealth of Dionysius.

M680 Defeated in a war with Carthage.

M681 Again defeated. Gains a prize for poetry, dies from a fit of debauchery. His character.

M682 Dion.

M683 Dionysius II. His feeble character. Plato visits Syracuse. His injudicious teachings.

M684 Banishment of Dion. Second visit of Plato.

M685 Dion in exile. Meditates the overthrow of Dionysius.

M686 He lands in Sicily.

M687 Enters Syracuse in triumph.

M688 Demands the abdication of Dionysius.

M689 Dionysius resorts to intrigues. Unpopularity of Dion. But Ortygia surrenders to him.

M690 Dion master of Syracuse. His mistakes. His death. His character.

M691 Dionysius recovers Ortygia. Syracuse invokes the aid of Corinth.

Timoleon sent as general.

M692 His wonderful successes.

M693 Dionysius an exile in Corinth.

M694 Timoleon demolishes the stronghold of tyranny. His n.o.ble administration.

M695 His great victory over the Carthaginians.

M696 He lays down his power.

M697 His death and character.

M698 Unexpected Rise of Macedonia.

M699 Philip of Macedon.

M700 Philip at Thebes.

M701 Surrender of Amphipolis.

M702 Revolt from Athens of Lesbos, Chios, Samos, &c. Death of Timotheus.

M703 Philip lays siege to Amphipolis. Fall of the city.

M704 Duplicity of Philip.

M705 War with Athens.

M706 The sacred war.

M707 Demosthenes. His accomplishments. His great eloquence.

M708 Phocion.

M709 Different policy of these two leaders.

M710 Conquests of Philip to Thessaly. Threatens Central Greece.

M711 No generals fit to cope with him.

M712 Philip conquers the Olynthians. Revolt of Euba. Ravages of Philip.

M713 The temple of Delphi robbed. Encroachments of Philip. His duplicities and intrigues. Philip obtains possession of the pa.s.s of Thermopylae.

M714 And is master of the keys of Greece.

M715 Lamentations of Demosthenes.

M716 Philip's continued encroachments. His insatiate ambition.

M717 Athens at last aroused by Demosthenes. Siege of Perinthus. Philip withdraws from Byzantium.

M718 Another sacred war. Ruinous to Grecian liberties.

M719 Alliance of Thebes and Athens. Renewed military preparations of Philip.

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