The History of Antiquity, Vol. 1 (of 6)

by Max Duncker

[417] Cylinder Phillips, in Ménant, "Babylone," p. 210.

[418] Herod. 1, 193. 2, 11.

[419] Xen. "Anab." 1, 7; Ammian, 24, 3; Strabo, p. 748, puts the borders of Babylon at a canal, 18 schœnes, i. e. 135 miles above Seleucia, and Seleucia was somewhat higher than Babylon.

[420] W. K. Loftus, "Warka, its Ruins and Remains;" "Transactions of the Royal Society," 2, 6, 1-64.

[421] Joshua, vii. 21.

[422] Brandis, "Münzwesen." s. 93.

[423] Brandis, loc. cit. s. 105 ff.

[424] Herod. 1, 194.

[425] Movers, "Phœnizier," 2, 3, 103.

[426] Brandis, "Münzwesen," s. 21 ff.