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CONTENTS
| 242 | The Persian War | 190 |
| 243 | The Arts of Philip | 191 |
| 244 | Murder of Gordian | 191 |
| Form of a Military Republic | 192 | |
| Reign of Philip | 193 | |
| 248 | Secular Games | 193 |
| Decline of the Roman Empire | 193 |
Of the State of Persia after the Restoration of the Monarchy by Artaxerxes
| A.D. | PAGE | |
| The Barbarians of the East and of the North | 195 | |
| Revolutions of Asia | 195 | |
| The Persian Monarchy restored by Artaxerxes | 196 | |
| Reformation of the Magian Religion | 197 | |
| Persian Theology, two Principles | 198 | |
| Religious Worship | 200 | |
| Ceremonies and moral Precepts | 200 | |
| Encouragement of Agriculture | 201 | |
| Power of the Magi | 201 | |
| Spirit of Persecution | 203 | |
| Establishment of the Royal Authority in the Provinces | 203 | |
| Extent and Population of Persia | 204 | |
| Recapitulation of the War between the Parthian and Roman Empires | 205 | |
| 165 | Cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon | 205 |
| 216 | Conquest of Osrhoene by the Romans | 207 |
| 230 | Artaxerxes claims the Provinces of Asia, and declares War against the Romans | 208 |
| 233 | Pretended Victory of Alexander Severus | 208 |
| More probable Account of the War | 209 | |
| 240 | Character and Maxims of Artaxerxes | 211 |
| Military Power of the Persians | 211 | |
| Their Infantry contemptible | 211 | |
| Their Cavalry excellent | 212 |
The State of Germany till the Invasion of the Barbarians, in the Time of the Emperor Decius
| A.D. | PAGE | |
| Extent of Germany | 213 | |
| Climate | 214 | |
| Its Effects on the Natives | 215 | |
| Origin of the Germans | 216 | |
| Fables and Conjectures | 217 | |
| The Germans ignorant of Letters | 218 | |
| —————————— of Arts and Agriculture | 218 | |
| —————————— of the Use of Metals | 220 | |
| Their Indolence | 221 | |
| Their Taste for Strong Liquors | 222 | |
| State of Population | 222 |
