A.

ACICHORIUS the Gaul invades Pan-
nonia 50.

Ace and Acon, Ptolemais so called
118.

Achean commonwealth, what it was
364.

Acheus, his good services to Seleu-
cus Ceraunus 136, refuses the
kingdom of Syria 137, recovers
part of it ib. usurps it 145, be-
sieged in Sardis 162, betrayed and
delivered to Antiochus ib. behead-
ed 163.

Adamantias, why Origen so called 90.
Era of the Seleucida and the Julian,

how they differ 251, 292, 300.
Etolians invite Antiochus the Great
to make war on the Romans in
Greece 186, 187.
Agathoclea, her wickedness 147,
plunders Ptolemy's treasury at his
death 168, killed ib.
Agathocles, her brother, his treason
169, killed ib.
Agathocles, governour of Parthia for
Antiochus, occasions the loss of
the province by sodomy 113.
Agathocles, son of Lysimachus, his
actions against Demetrius 26, 27,
murdered by means of his aunt
and stepmother, Arsinoe 45.
Aldus, his edition of the Septuagint

94.

Alexander made governour of Persia
by Antiochus the Great 138, re-
bels, and slays himself 143.
Alexandria, Jews very numerous
there 76, trade of the East brought
thither 108, inhabited by three
sorts of people 156.

Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint,
by whom written 95, its antiquity ib.
Alexandrians, their skill in astrono-

my 317, leave their city 390.
Ammianus Marcellinus corrected 32.
Ammonius, minister to the impostor
Balas of Syria 358, his cruelty ib.
plots against the king of Egypt
362, slain ib.

Anacleteria of Ptolemy, what it was
182.

Andreas solicits Ptolemy for the Jews
55.

Andriscus, an impostor, pretends to
the kingdom of Macedon 351.
Andronicus, governour of Antioch,
puts Onias the high priest to death
224, punished for it ib.
Antigonus of Socho chosen president
of the sanhedrim 21, his learning
ib. death 104, character ib.
Antigonus Gonatas, son of Demetrius
king of Macedon, routs the Gauls
53, marries the daughter of Seleu-
cus, and has peaceable possession
of the kingdom 99, besieges A-
thens 101, drives Cleomenes out
of Sparta 140.

Antiochus Soter, son of Seleucus,
how he got his father's wife Stra-
tonice 29, succeeds him 48, 49,
wars for the kingdom of Mace-
don 99, yields it to Antigonus ib.
beats the Gauls and is thence cal-
led Soter ib. defeated by Eumenes
106, his death ib.

Antiochus Theus succeeds his father

Soter 106, marries his sister Lao-
dice ib. his war with Ptolemy Phi-
ladelphus 112, loses his eastern
provinces 113, divorces Laodice,
and marries Ptolemy's daughter
Berenice 114, turns off Berenice
and retakes Laodice 119, poison-
ed ib.

Antiochus Hierax, why so called 124,
routs his brother Seleucus 125, his
misfortunes and death 127, 128
Antiochus the Great ascends the Sy-
rian throne 138, wars with Ptole-
my Philopater 141, reduces the
eastern rebels 142, loses the battle
at Raphia 152, reduces Acheus
162, his Parthian war 164, his
march into India 168, his league
against the young king Ptolemy
Epiphanes 171, takes Šidon 174,
is at Jerusalem ib his decree in
favour of the Jews ib. his successes
in Asia Minor 178, gives audience
to the Roman ambassadors in
Thrace 179. flies into a passion
180, suffers by a storm ib. Han-
nibal with him 182 engaged by
him in a war with the Romans
183, makes alliances with him 184,
his mourning for his son Antiochus

185, begins the war with the Ro-
mans rashly 187, marries an or-
dinary woman in his old age 189,
driven into Asia ib. his fleet beaten
191, sues in vain for a peace with
the Romans 192, routed by them
193, pays a prodigious sum for a
peace 194, a saying of his on the
loss of his provinces to them 196,
robs the temple of Jupiter Belus,
and is murdered ib. Daniel's pro-
phecies of him fulfilled 197-200.
Antiochus Epiphanes his son an hos-
tage at Rome 195, obtains the
crown 212, his extravagancies 213,
and madness ib. nicknamed Epima-
nes 214, treated at Jerusalem 220,
routs the Egyptians 227, puts the
Jewish ambassadors to death ib.
his victories in Egypt ib. his cruel-
ty and profaneness at Jerusalem
230,231, his immense booty ib. in-
vades Egypt again 233, 234, gives
audience to ambassadors in favour
of Ptolemy 234, his severe decree
against the Jews 239, his folly at
Daphne 257, his death and wicked
character 271, Daniel's prophecies
concerning him fulfilled 276, suc-
Iceeded by his son 285.
Antiochus Eupator, his breach of
faith to the Jews 299, put to death
by his brother Demetrius 305.
Antiochus Theos, son of Balas, ex-
pels Demetrius, king of Syria 370,
kind to Jonathan ib. murdered by
his minister Tryphon 375.
Antiochus Sidetes, brother of De-
metrius, marries his wife 383, kills
the usurper Tryphon, and obtains
the kingdom of Syria 384, wars
with Simon 386, over-runs Pales-
tine 397, compels Hyrcanus to sue
for peace 398, his benignity saves
the Jews from destruction 399,
sends presents to Scipio in Spain
401, his expedition against the Par-
thians 404, killed 405.
Antiochus Grypus made king of Syria
by his mother 421, educated at A-
thens ib. forces his mother to drink
the poison she had prepared for him
423, his arguments with his wife
not to murder her sister 426, forc-
ed to fly 427.

Antiochus Cyzicenus, Grypus his de-
sign against him 425, marries Cleo-
patra, sister and wife to Lathyrus
king of Egypt ib. routs Grypus and
revenges the death of his wife 427,
routed by the Jews 428.
Antiochis, daughter of Antiochus the

Great, imposes two suppositious
princes on the Cappadocians 340.
Antonia, castle of, at Jerusalem de-
scribed 438, called Baris at first
439, what use it was put to 440,
the pontifical robes kept there ib.
Apame, her scandalous love for De-
metrius, son of Poliorcetes 111, the
occasion of a war between Antio-
chus Theos and Ptolemy Philadel.
phus ib.

Apostates, how hated and used by
the Jews 158, 159.
Apollonius Rhodius, library-keeper
at Alexandria 184.
Apollophanes, Antiochus' physician,
his advice at a council of war 146.
Apollonius, lieutenant to Antiochus
Epiphanes,destroys Jerusalem 239,
routed and slain 258, several persons
of that name distinguished 359.
Aquila undertakes a translation of the
Bible in opposition to the Septua-
gint 81, his method in it 84.
Aratus the poet, favoured by Ptole.
my 117.

Aratus expels Nicocles, tyrant of Si-

cyone 112, generously assisted by
Ptolemy Philadelphus, and why ib.
Archias, his avarice 346, the occa-
sion of his death 346, 347.
Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia, op.
posed by an impostor 340, refuses
the king of Syria's sister in mar-
riage 341.

Aristeas, his account of the Septua-
gint confuted 54.
Aristobulus, his account of the trans-
lation of the Septuagint 57, confut-
ed 68, his commentaries on Moses
suspected 68, 69.

Aristonicus, his war with the Romans
for the kingdom of Pergamus 402.
Aristotle instructed by a learned Jew
70, studied by the Christian school-
men from an ill translation 392.
Arsaces occasions the revolt of Par-
thia from Antiochus 113, founds
that kingdom, and enlarges it 126,
settles 129, gives his name to his
successors 130.

Arsaces his son, leagues with Anti-
ochus the Great 165, his succes-
sors 381.
Arsinoe, wife of Lysimachus, con-
trives the death of his son Agath-
ocles 45, banished 47, marries her
brother Ptolemy Philadelphus 48,
beloved by him ib. her death 116.
Arsinoe, wife of Ptolemy, and daugh-
ter of Lysimachus, divorced by him
and banished 48.

Arsinoe, wife and sister to Ptolemy
Philopater, her courage 152, put
to death 166.

Artemon personates Antiochus The-
us 119.

Arundel, earl of, a column concern-
ing Seleucus king of Syria, brought
by him out of Italy 124.
Asia Proper, and the Less, distin-
guished 402.

Asideans, who they were that joined
Mattathias 248, 249.
Asmonean race, when they became
possessed of the high priesthood
350, of the first class of the sons of
Aaron 351.

Astacus, Nicomedia built on its ru-
ins 105.

Athens besieged by Antigonus king
of Macedon 100.
Atropatians, now the Georgians, sub-
mit to Antiochus 143.
Attalus, king of Pergamus, succeeds
Eumenes 126, curtails the Syrian
empire 137, his league with the
Romans, and death 177, how it
happened ib.

Attalus, brother of Eumenes king of
Pergamus, made king by him 341,
resigns to his nephew ib.
Attalus Philometor succeeds his un-
cle Attalus 388, his vices and folly
ib. 401, dies, and leaves his goods
to the Romans by will 402.
Azarias, one of Judas Maccabæus'
commanders, his ill conduct 290.
Azotus taken by John son of Simon
387.

B.

Bacchides sent by the king of Syria
against Judas Maccabæus 334, kills
him 335, his cruelty ib. worsted by
Jonathan 337, quits Palestine ib.
returns and makes peace with the
Jews 343.

Bactria revolts from Antiochus 113,
the largeness of the province ib.
Balas, called also Alexander, an im-
postor, pretends to the kingdom of
Syria 347, the Romans declare for
bim 348, makes Jonathan high
priest 349, obtains the Syrian em-
pire, and is kind to Jonathan 352,
353, marries the king of Egypt's
daughter ib. his mal-administra.
tion 358, the cruelty of his favour-
ite ib. killed 362.
Baris, castle of, at Jerusalem, built
by Hyrcanus 437, the seat of the
Asmonean princes 438, described
ib.

Baronius abuses Eusebius 475.

Baruch, epistles of, not in the He-
brew canon 62.

Bath Kol, a kind of prophecy, what
it was 433, like the Sortes Virgi-
lianæ 435.

Bede, an epistle penned by him 324.
Belgius, the Gaul, invades Macedo-
nia, and is defeated 50.

Ben Sira, a book among the Jews so
called, thought to be Ecclesiasti-
cus 404.

Bere taken by Pyrrhus 25.
Berenice gets Ptolemy to make her
son king, though he had an elder
brother 30.

Berenice, city of, built by Ptolemy
Philadelphus 109.

Berenice, daughter of Apame, gets
her mother's gallant assassinated

111.

Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy, mar-
ried to Antiochus Theus 114, she
is turned off 119, and flies 120,
murdered ib.

Berenice, wife of Ptolemy Euergetes,
her hair turned into a constellation
123.

Berhea, Aleppo so called anciently

299.

Berosus, the historian, when he lived
107, an account of him ib.
Bethsan in Palestine, called Scytho-
polis 296.

Bias makes his city renowned for
justice 344, Note.

Bible used by Christians in divina-
tions 435, 436.

Bishop of the Jews, an officer in En.

gland so called 448, Note.
Bishops, their temporal power distin-
guished from the spiritual 222.
Bishops in king William III's time
justly deprived by the state 223,
still so of the church universal ib.
Bolis, the Cretan, his treachery 162.
Brass, Corinthian, when first made
363.

Brennus, the Gaul, invades Macedo-
nia, and is defeated 50, dies of
despair and drunkenness 52, a say-
ing of another Gaul of the same
name to the Romans 194, Note.
Byzantium seized by the Gauls 51.

C.

Calippic cycle, what it was 312.
Callimachus, his satire against his

disciple Apollonius, library-keep-
er at Alexandria 184.
Calisthenes burnt for burning the

temple gates at Jerusalem 264.
Carthage destroyed 363.
Cato, the Roman general, routs An-