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: STOR LIBRAR NEW-YORK PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH, AND CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 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.... |