Encyclopaedia Metropolitana History And Biography PDF Download

Excerpt from Encyclopedia Metropolitana, or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, Vol. 10: On an Original Plan, Projected by He Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Third Division History and Biography, Vol. II., From the Time of the Maccabees to the Age of the Antonini, A. M. 3800 to A. D. 200 However this may be, it is admitted that the first year of his command was distinguished by no achieve ment of any importance. In the second he formed the bold and fortunate design of surprising the Aero polis of Corinth, at that time occupied by a strong Macedonian garrison, and guarded by Antigonus with that vigilance, which its importance, as the key of Peloponnesus, merited. Having corrupted the fidelity of some soldiers of the garrison, who had accidentally resorted to Sicyon, he prevailed upon one of them to accompany him as a guide, and setting out by night with four hundred men, who were kept in ignorance of the object of their march, he commanded the main body of the army to bivouac at a convenient distance from the scene of action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.