Excerpt from The History of Ancient Greece, Vol. 2 of 4: Its Colonies, and Conquests; Part the First; From the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the East; Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts

Military Glory of Greece. - Enemies to whom that Country was exposed. - Foundation and Growth of Carthage. - The flourishing Condition of Magna Gr?cia - Excites the Jealousy of the Carthaginians - Who enter into a League with Xerxes. - The Object of this Alliance. - Causes of the singular Prosperity of Magna Gr?ia. - History of Pythagoras, and of his Philosophy. - The Carthaginians invade Sicily. - Their Disasters. - Glory of Gelon. - His Treaty with the Carthaginians. - Causes of the Decay of Magna Gr?cia.

The beginning of the fifth century before Christ forms the most glorious ?ra in the history of Greece.

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