34 12 502 45 23 The Jews obtain fentence from Darius againft 26 27 The Scythians ravage Thrace, and drive Miltiades out of the Cherfonefus. 28 Darius fends Scylax with a fleet down the Indus, to discover India. 29 30 30 Scylax returns by the 32 3333 6789 33 20 35 13 501 21 36 14 500 22 37 way of the ocean and the Red fea, and gives Darius an account of his difcoveries. 31 Darius invades and conquers India. 321 33 34 The Perfians, under the command of Arifta. goras of Miletus, make an attempt upon Naxus, and miscarry in it. Tyre reftored. 35 Ariftagoras and the Ionians revolt from Darius. 36 The Athenians enter into a confederacy with the Ionians against Darius. 37 They burn Sardis, which gave the first rife to the Perfian war against the Greeks. 38 38 The Perfians prevail againft the Ionians. Ariftagoras flees into Thrace. Heftius Milefius returns into Ionia, and joins the revolters. 39 39 Ariftagoras flain in Thrace. 24 25 40 26 41 27 42 22 4220 494 28 11 4931 291 44 40 Miletus taken, the Ionians reduced, and an end put to that war. 41 Heftiaus taken by the Perfians, and crucified. 42 The Perfians reduce the Hellefpont, and Thracian Cherfonefus, and force Miltia des to flee to Athens. 43 43 Mardonius being fent by Darius to make war against the Greeks, mifcarries in the expedition, and returns with great lofs. 44 Darius fends heralds to demand earth and water of the Greeks. Period. Julian Chrift. Tears before Perfia. Kings of Captivity. After the of Judah. High Priefts 4222 492 30 45 45 Two other generals fent against the Greeks in the place of Mardonius. Zoroaftres appears at the Persian court. 46 The Perfians invade Attica, and are de feated at Marathon. 47 Darius makes great preparations to invade Greece in perfon. 3 491 31 46 48 7487 487 35 50 8486 51 5 489 33 33 48 486 36 521 9 485 485 I 4230 484 2 53 14833 54 55 2 482 3 481 4 480 5 479 7 6 478 7 477 8 9 8 476 9 475 58 59 60 10 6r II 62 Joakim. 50 The Egyptians revolt from Darius. 51 Darius declares Xerxes his fucceffor, and dies. 52 Xerxes confirms to the Jews all their privileges. 53 Reduceth Egypt. Refolves on a war with the Greeks, and makes great preparations for it. 2 Enters into a league with the Carthaginians against the Greeks. 3 Comes with a prodigious army to Sardis, and there winters. 4 Paffeth the Hellefpont, marcheth into Greece, lofeth the battle of Salamis, and returns with disgrace to Sardis. The Carthaginians vanquifhed in Sicily by Gelo. 5 The Perfians vanquished at Platea and Mycale on the fame day. 6Xerxes deftroys the temple of Bel at Babylon. 7 Paufanias and Ariftides purfue the war against the Perfians. 8 Paufanias, fufpected of treason by the Lacedemonians, is recalled. 9 Still carries on the treason for the betraying of Greece to Xerxes. 10Is tried for it, and acquitted for want of full evidence. Full difcovery being made of his treafon, he is put to death for it. 12 Themiftocles being accused by the Lacedemonians of the fame treafon, is acquitted of it at Athens. 15 66 13 Themistocles being banished Athens for ten years, is again accused of the fame treason by the Lacedemonians, before the states of Greece,and thereby forced tofly into Perfia, Period. Julian Christ. Years before Perfia, Kings of Captivity. After the High Priefs 14 Cimon, general of the Athenians, gains two victories over the Perfians, near the river Eurymedon, on the fame day, the firft by fea, and the fecond by land. 15 He makes many other conquefts for the Athenians on the Hellefpont and elsewhere. 16 Xerxes, difcouraged by fo many defeats, gives over the Grecian war. 17 8 466 9465 4250 464 i 1463 2 462 3 461 4 460 5 459 Artaxerxes Longimanus. + 2 3 75 41 76 77 6 78 19 Xerxes flain by the treason of Artabanus. 20 Artaxerxes (the Ahafuerus of the book of Efther) fucceeds, and flays Artabanus. 21 Conquers his brother Hyftafpes, and thereby becomes throughly fettled in the throne. 22 Hereon he makes a great feaft for all his nobles, and divorceth Vafhti his queen. 23 A collection of virgins made for the king, of which Efther was one. 24 Efther pleaseth the king, and becomes his concubine. The Egyptians revolt, and make Inarus their king. 25 Achemenides, brother of the king, being fent against the Egyptians, is vanquished and flain, and the remainder of his army befieged in Memphis. 26 Ezra fent to be governor of Judea. Efther is made queen. 27 Ezra feparated the Jews from their frange wives. Mordecai difcovers the treafon of Bigthan and Teresh. 28 Artabazus and Megabyfes raife the fiege of Memphis, defeat Inarus, and befiege him and his Athenian auxiliaries in the island 29 of Profopitis. 30 They force Profopitis, take Inarus prifoner, drive the Athenians out of Egypt, and again reduce all that country under the Perfian king. Haman plotteth the deftruction of the Jews. 2 Haman's plot defeated in his own deftruc tion, and the feaft of Purim inftituted is remembrance of it. 4263 451 86 87 3 4 Cimon fent by the Athenians to Cyprus 5 Where he beats the Persians both by fea and 9 Nehemiah fent governor to Judea, and re- II 14 Megabyzus returns to the Perfian court. 22 94 23 95 12 24 96 13 25 97 26 98 15 27 99 16 28 100 17 21 Nehemiah goes from Jerufalem to the Per fian court. 22 Meto begun his cycle. 23 The Peloponnefian war began. A great 25 bout thistimeflourished Valachithe prophet. 28 The plague again broke out at Athens, which 7 407 8406 17 130 18 131 6 10 Pifuthnes rebels against Darius in Lef fer Afia, and is vanquished, and put to death by Tiffaphernes, one of Da rius's lieutenants. The Egyptians revolt from Darius, and make Amyrtæus their king. Tiffaphernes and Pharnabazus gover 3 nors of Leffer Afia for Darius. 4 5 The laft act of reformation by Nehemiah, 49 years after it had been be gun by Ezra, where end the first feven weeks of Daniel's prophecy. 6 The temple on Mount Gerizim begun to be built by Manasseh. 7 Cyrus, the younger fon of Darius, fent 12 136 13 5 137 14 Paufiris. Pfammitichus. to govern in Leffer Afia. 3 Cyrus recalled to the Perfian court. Darius dies, and Artaxerxes Mnemon fucceeds him. 4Athens taken, and the Peloponnefian war ended. Cyrus fent back again to his government in Leffer Afia. 5 He defigneth war against his brother, 6 and lifts forces for this purpose. He marcheth towards Babylon, is vanquifhed in battle, and slain. 2 Thimbro fent by the Lacedemonians into Leffer Afia to make war against the Perfians. Xenophon brings home the Greeks that followed Cyrus, and joins him. |