CHAPTER IX
Syria at the Death of Alexander the Great -- Seleucus Nicator -- The Extent of the Emplire -- Oracles and Prodigies concerning Seleucus -- Cities founded by him -- Seleucia-on-the-Tigris[52] In this book of Syrian history I have told how the Romans came into possession of Syria, and how they brought it to its present condition. It will not be amiss to tell how the Macedonians, who ruled Syria before the Romans, acquired the same country. After the Persians, Alexander became the sovereign of Syria as well as of all other peoples whom he found. He died leaving one son very small and
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