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635. The Scythians invade the Medes and Affyrians. Chronjcle.

633. Battus builds Cyrene ; where Irafa, thecityof Antaeus,had ffood.

627. Rome is built.

625. Nabopolaffar revolts from the king of Affyria, andreigns over Babylon. Phalantus leads the Parthenians into Italy,and builds Tarentum.

617. Pfammiticus dies. Nechaoh reigns in Egypt.

611. Cyaxeres reigns over the Medes.

610. The princes of the Scythians flain in a feaft by Cyaxeres.

609. Joliah flain. Cyaxeres and Nebuchadnezzar overthrowNineveh; and, by fliaring the Affyrian empire, grow great.

607. Creon the firit annual archon of the Athenians. Thefecond Meffenian war begins. Cyaxeres makes the Scythiansretire beyond Colchos and Iberia, and feizes the Affyrian pro-vinces of Armenia, Pontus, and Cappadocia.

606. Nebuchadnezzar invades Syria and Judaea.

604. Nabopolaffar dies; and is fucceeded by his fon Nebu-chadnezzar, who had already reigned two years with his father.

600. Darius the Mede, the fon of Cyaxeres, is born.

599. Cyrus is born of Mandane, the fifler of Cyaxeres, anddaughter of Aftyages.

596. Sufiana and Elam conquered by Nebuchadnezzar. Ca-ranus and Perdiccas ffy from Phidon, and found the kingdom-of Macedon. Phidon introduces weights and meafures, and thecoining of filver money.

590. Cyaxeres makes war upon Alyattes king of Lydia.

588. The Temple of Solomon is burnt by Nebuchadnezzar.

The Meffenians being conquered, By into Sicily, and buildMeffana.

585. In the fixth year of the Lydian war, a total eclipfe ofthe fun, predidted by Thales, May the 2 3 th, puts an end to abattle between the Medes and Lydians: whereupon they makepeace; and ratify it by a marriage between Darius Medus the fonof Cyaxeres, and Ariene the daughter of Alyattes.

584. Phidon prefides in the 49A olympiad.

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