THE HISTORY OF EGYPT; FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS OF THAT COUNTRY, TILL THE EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH FROM ALEXANDRIA, By JAMES WILSON, D. D. Minister of Falkirk. IN THREE VOLUMES. Volume II. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH, AND Egypt a province of Rome, and governed by a prefect.... Of Cornelius Gallus.... Of Petronius and Ælius Gal- lus.... Virgil's fourth eclogue.... The death and cha- racter of Herod.... The Egyptian worship at Rome. Adrian, the emperor, visits Egypt, and confers privileges upon it....Avidius Cassius usurps the sovereignty... Senators and council granted at Alexandria.... Cara- calla's violent proceedings in Egypt.... Of Origen.... Persecution against the christians.... Violent commo- |