Consuls limited with Senators and Tribunes and in time of War or distress by Dictators who becoming perpetual were at last called Emperours Qu. How many were the first Kings of Rome name them in order Ans Seven to wit Romulus Numa Pompilius Tullius Hostilius Ancus Martius Tarquinius Priscius Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus who by reason of his Tyranny was the last King of the Romans after whom they govern'd by Consuls till the Emperours times Qu. Who was the first Roman Emperour Ans Julius Caesar who making himself perpetual Dictator and having defeated Pompey took upon him the sole government of the Empire and so began the fourth Monarchy called the Roman which was afterwards established by Augustus Qu. How many years was it from the building of the City of Rome to the death of Julius Caesar Ans 710 years which was about 42 years before the Birth of Christ who was 14 years old when Augustus dy'd Qu. The first period of this Roman Empire reaching from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great tell me in order the Names of the several Emperours Ans Julius Caesar Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Flavius Vespasian Titus Vespasian Domitian Nerva Trajanus Adrianus Antonius Pius Anton. Phylosoph Commodus Pertinax Didius Julianus Septimius Severus Caracalla Macrinus Heliogabalus Alexander Severus Maximinus Thrax Balbinus Puppienus Gordianus Philippus Arabs Decius Tribonianus Gallus Valerian Galienus Claudius secund ' Aurelianus Tacitus Probus Carus Dioclesian and Constantius Chloras Father of Constantine the Great Qu. How many years was it from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great Ans About 355 years Qu. Why is the first period of the Roman Empire reckon'd but to Constantine the Great when he had so many considerable Emperours that succeeded him as Constantius Julian the Apostate and others Ans First because Constantine the Great was the first Christian Emperour and secondly because he removed the Imperial Seat from Rome in Italy to Byzantium in Greece where building a great City he call'd it after his own Name Constantinople which soon after produced a division of the Empire into East and West betwixt Arcadius and Honorius and so it continued for several years under two several Emperours Qu. What became of the Empire of the East after its division Ans The Empire of the East together with its chief City Constantinople was taken by the Turks who now possess it about 230 years ago from the last Greek Emperour Constantius Palaeologus whereupon 't is observ'd that as the City of Constantinople was built by a Constantine the first whose Mothers Name was St. Helena so likewise was it lost under a Constantine the eleventh whose Mothers Name also was Helena Qu. What became of the Empire of the West which was held at Rome after Honorius Ans About 100 years after Honorius the Empire of the West was destroy'd together with its Emperour Augustulus by Odoacer King of the Herulii which Empire hath been since succeeded by two Successions of Western Franks the first beginning with Charles the Great and the second with Radulphus Auspurgensis of the House of Austria who possesses the German Empire at this present time But here it is observable how that as the Roman Empire was founded by an Augustus so was it lost by an Augustulus Qu. How was the Roman Empire destroy'd Ans By the Invasion of Barbarians such as were the Hunns Goths and Vandals Qu. Which are the best Writers of this Fourth or Roman Monarchy Ans Caesar's Commentaries Dionysius Halicarnasseus Valerius Maximus Livy Plutarch Suetonius Tacitus both the Plinies Velleius Paterculus Ammianus Marcellinus Appian Lucius Florus Herodian Polybius Dion Cassius Salust Zozimus Procopius Jornandes Cassiodorus Agathias Historiae Augustae Scriptores and all the Byzantine Writers besides many learned modern Authors of the same Subject LIB IV. OF THE GREEK and ROMAN HISTORIANS Qu WHich are the most eminent of the Greek Historians Ans Herodotus Thucydides Xenophon Polybius Diodorus Siculus Dionysius Halicarnasseus Josephus Plutarch Philostratus Arrianus Laertius Appian Dion Cassius Herodian Eunapius Zozimus Eusebius and the Byzantine Historians as Procopius Agathias c. Qu. What account have you of Herodotus Ans Herodotus born at Halicarnassus a City in Greece is the most ancient of Historians we have extant next to Moses and therefore called by Cicero the Father of History He lived about 450 years before Christ when being a man of Quality and Power in his Countrey and opposing Lydamus his Cities Tyrant he was forced to fly to Thurium where he wrote those Nine Books of History which Posterity called by the names of the Nine Muses and which contained the most remarkable Transactions of the World during 240 years beginning from the time of Cyrus the first King of Persia and so on to Xerxes's time wherein Herodotus himself lived As for the Life of Homer though very ancient and ascribed to him it is thought to have been wrote by some other hand Herodotus his Stile like Homer's is sweet and easie his Dialect Ionick Some as Plutarch and Chrysostom esteem him fabulous but Camerarius Stephens especially our late Voyages and Discoveries have sufficiently vindicated him He dyed and was buried at Thurium Qu. What account have you of Thucydides Ans Thucydides was twelve years younger than Herodotus and lived 438 years before Christ Being but a Boy he wept at the hearing of Herodotus repeat his History whereby Herodotus presaged his future parts He was the Son of Orolus of a Royal Extraction and married a rich Wife the King of Thrace his Daughter by which means he expended much money both to the Athenians and Lacedemonians for good intelligence of their proceedings whereof being well informed he wrote his History and call'd it A possession for everlasting which gives an account of the Peleponesian Wars with the Athenians for one and twenty years together in 8 Books whereof the last seems uncorrect and unfinished to the former seven which makes some think it wrote by his Daughter others by Theopompus but Vossius by Thucydides himself whilst he was sick His method is preferr'd above all others His Stile pithy and full of matter His Dialect most pure Attick However Dyonisius accuses him of using obsolete words His Orations filled with good Argument but tedious Lastly he was an enemy to Fables and his Relations most faithful writing only of such things as were acted in his own time and knowledg which advantage Herodotus wanted Qu. What account have you of Xenophon Ans Xenophon by Birth an Athenian and Son of one Grillus lived 400 years before Christ He was a second Tresmegistus being a great Captain Phylosopher and Historiographer His Attick Dialect was so pure that he was called Apes Attica and was therefore envy'd and hated of Plato He was so generous that he exposed the Writings of Thucydides which he might have delivered for his own Xenophon's History treats of 46 years Transactions of the Greeks and begins where Thucydides ended shewing
Syriack Parthian Mithridattick Spanish Hannibalick Illyrian and Civil VVars of the Romans For as for his Celtick or VVar with the Gauls we have none but a fragment thereof left us His Stile is plain and easie and his Orations moving his Descriptions of his Battails Natural and full of Military knowledge for all which he is much extoll'd by Photius And lastly for his method he endeavour'd to imitate Thucydides and Salust but fell far short In so much that 't is rather Rapsody of things most important than a continued History as Livyes He flatters the Romans right or wrong and as Bodin observes in many Relations appears too Credulous Also Sigonius accuses him of great Levity and many Omissions But what is worst of all he inserts as his own whole Paragraphs out of Polybius Plutarch and other Antique Authors without ever acknowledging his Theft which was I conceive one great reason that exasperated Scaliger so far as in his Notes upon Eusebius to call Appian a meer Child in History Qu. What account have you of Dion Cassius Ans Dion Cassius whose Sirname was Coccius or Cocceianus was born at Nicea a City of Bithynia whither he like wise retir'd in his old Age to avoid the Praetorian Militia being advised thereto by his Familiar Spirit or Daemon which directed him in all things as Socrates's did him and diverted him from his former Phylosophical Learning and Interpretation of Divine Dreams whereof he compos'd a Book to the writing of History He liv'd under the Tyrannies of Commodus Caracalla Macrinus and Heliogabulus in whose Reigns by the prudent conduct of himself he escap'd the loss either of Life Goods or Reputation and arrived safely to the peaceable happy Reign of Alexander Severus under whom he publish'd his Roman History being directed thereto by his Genius as well as commanded by Septimius Severus His Father Apronianus was a Consular man as well as Governour of Dalmatia and Proconsul of Cilicia Also he himself having Consular Dignity twice bestowed upon him and commanding Pergamus Smyrna Africk Austria and Hungary was afterwards made Joynt-Consul with the Emperour Alexander His History comprehends 981. years viz. from the Building of Rome to the Reign of Alexander Severus in 80 Books divided into eight Decades whereof the first 34 Books are lost Also of the twenty we have only the Epitomy of Xiphiline a Constantiniopolitan Monk for all that we have entire of Dion Cassius besides this Compendium are only the Events of 300 years beginning with Lucullus about 71 years before Christ and ending with the Death of the Emperour Claudius But all this Authors VVritings that are lost what are most to be lamented are the 40 last years whereof he was an Eye-witness He employ'd ten years in providing Materials for his History and twelve more Composing it He imitates Thucydides in his Narratives and Orations but not in his Obscurity his Language saith Photius is Elevated Copious and Artificial but without Labour he hath discover'd the Arcana Imperii Election of their Magistrates Roman Rites and Ceremones the Apothesis and Consecration of their departed Emperours together with the Ceremony of August's Funeral Livia's Mourning and the letting flye the Eagle from the Funeral Pile better than any other Historian either before or since Nevertheless he is condemn'd for his tedious superfluity of Orations for too much adhering to Caesar against Pompey in complyance with the Times for impartially siding with Antonius and bespattering Cicero for too much Superstition and Credulity given to Vespasian's Cure and Appollonius Tyanaeus his Prediction as well as for his Calumnies against Seneca unless his abbreviator Tigellinus misquotes him But I shall not accuse him as Barronius does for attributing the Victories of Marcus Aurelius rather to the Magick of the Egyptian Sorcerer Arnaphis than the Prayers of the Christians because he himself was an Heathen Lastly besides his History Suidas and Volaterranus how true I know not make him the Author of Arrianus the Phylosophers Life the Actions of Trajan certain Itineraries three Books de Principe and some small Tracts of Morality Qu. What account have you of Herodian Ans Herodian the Son of Apollonius Difficilis was originally a Grammarian of Alexandria and liv'd in the third Century under Commodus the Emperour He wrote Eight Books of History of his own time beginning with the Death of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Philosopher and ending with the Murder of the two Emperors Balbinus and Puppienus His History comprehends the space of 70 years and is prais'd not only by Photius for his Elegant Stile but also by Julius Capitolinus Tribonius Pollio Ammianus Marcellinus and Stephanus for the Fidelity of his Roman Accounts wherein according to his Latin Interpreter Angelus Politianus he only swerves in his Relation of Alexander and Maximus He imitates Dion Cassius in his Relation of the Ceremonies used at the Apotheosis of the Roman Emperors particularly of Severus his Funeral Rites in the beginning of his fourth Book As for the Censurers upon Herodian he is thought by some to be too full of Orations as also to be too severe upon the Empress Mammea out of ill will to her Son Alexander Severus to whom he was a declar'd Enemy Suidas saith that Herodian wrote many other Pieces the which if he did are now lost Qu. What account have you of Eunapius Ans Eunapius Sardianus liv'd in the times of Valentinian Valens and Gratian He is called Sardianus from Sardis a City in Lydia the place of his Birth from whence he travelled to Athens and there became eminent as well for Sophistry and Physick as History being the Disciple of the Great Proaetesius and nearly related to the Noble Sophist Chrysanthius who married Eunapius his Sisters Daughter At the perswasion of this Chrysanthius he wrote an elegant piece of the Lives of the Sophists and afterwards that other Historical Tract of the Roman Emperours beginning where Herodian left off and so continuing it to his own times Photius praises his Stile but condemns his History for traducing Constantine the Great and extolling Julian as also in his Lives of the Sophists for being too severe upon the Christians Lastly besides these two pieces here mention'd we have likewise a fragment of another Treatise of Eunapius Entituled de Legationibus which was first publish'd by Andrea Shottus and is now annexed to the Byzantine Historians Qu. What account have you of Zosimus Ans Zosimus liv'd in the time of Theodosius the younger and wrote six Books of History whereof the first doth briefly describe all the Emperours from Augustus to Probus and so on to Dioclesian But the other five Books which extends to the Siege of Rome by Alaricus are more copious and large especially when he treats of the grounds of the Division betwixt Arcadius and Honorius whereof he himself was an Eye-witness This History of Zosimus is said to be a meer Abridgement of Eunapius except in those passages where he praises Stilico whom Ennapius condemns Evagrius Photius and
Europeans to have a more particular knowledge of Europe as well as of the chief Towns in other parts of the World wherewith we trade pray tell me first how many Cities and Parishes there are in England together with its extent circumference and limits Ans In England there are twenty-five Cities whereof London York Bristol and Norwich are the four chief Also it is divided into fifty-two Shires or Counties and those again into 9725 Parishes being in length from Barwick in the North to the Isle of Wight in the South 386 miles and from Dover in the East to the Lands-end in Cornwal in the West about 279 miles and 1300 miles in compass round about Lastly it is bounded on the South with Normandy and France on the East with Germany and Denmark on the West with Ireland and on the North with Scotland Qu. Which are the chief Cities or Towns in France and how is it divided Ans France may be divided into three parts 1. the Inland containing these Provinces viz. the Isle of France Champagne Orleanois Burgundy Lyonnois and Dauphine 2. on the Ocean as are Picardy Normandy Bretagne Guienne and Gascoigne 3. and lastly on the Mediterranean Languedock and Provence As for the chief Cities or Towns of France they are these Paris Roven Lyons Bourdeaux Tholouse Rochel Aix Grenoble Diion Metz Amiens Orleans Marseilles and Nants Qu. How is Italy divided and which are its principal Cities and Towns Ans Italy is likewise usually divided into three parts 1. the Midland which comprehends the State of the Church and State of Tuscany 2. Lombardy which consists of Venice Milan Genuoa Parma Modena Mantua Trente Lucca and Piedmont 3. and lastly the Extremes of Italy as Naples c. which several parts are beautified with these most eminent Cities and Towns Rome Venice Milan Naples Turin Genoa and Florence Qu. How is Spain divided and which are its most eminent Cities or Towns Ans Spain is divided into five parts 1. the Inland consisting of Castile and Leon. 2. the North-part which contains Galicia Asturies Biscay and Navarre 3. the East comprehending Arragon Catalognia and Valencia 4. in the South are Murcia Granada and Andalousia 5. and lastly in the West are Alguares and Portugal The most eminent of the Spanish Cities are Madrid Toledo Burgos Lisbon Sevil Granada Valencia Barcelona Salamanca Caragoza Leon and Cadiz Qu. How is Germany divided and which are its chief Towns Ans Germany may be divided into three parts the first belonging to the House of Austria which contains Austria Stiria Carinthia Carniola Tirol Bohemia Silesia Moravia Lusatia French-County and the Catholick Provinces called Flanders 2. that part divided among the Princes of the Empire as the Palatinate on the Rhine the Ecclesiastick Electorates Franconia Hesse Westphalia Bavaria Sovabe upper-Saxony Brandenburg Pomerania and lower-Saxony 3. and lastly the Vnited Provinces as Holland Zealand Vtretch Guelderland Zutphen Overyssel Friesland and Groningen As for the chief Cities and Towns belonging to these several parts of Germany they are these Vienna Prague Cologne Francfort Hamburg Nurembourg Antwerp Brussels Ghent Amsterdam and the Hague Qu. How is Poland usually divided and which are its most eminent Towns Ans It is divided into several Provinces whereof the chief are the great and lesser Polands together with Mozavia Prussia c. As for its Towns the most eminent are Cracovia Warsaw and Dantzick Qu. How is Turkey in Europe divided and which are its chief Cities Ans Turkey in Europe may be divided into three parts as 1. the North Provinces which are Romania Servia Bulgaria Bosnia Hungaria Croatia and Dalmatia 2. South Provinces as Macedonia Epirus Thessalia Achaia and Morea or Peleponesus 3. and lastly Transilvanian Provinces as Transilvania Valachia Moldavia and petit Tartars As for the chief Cities in the Europaean Turkey they are these seven Constantinople Adrianople Sophia Buda Belgrade Salonichi and Misistra Qu. How is Muscovy divided and which is its chief City and Town Ans Muscovy or Russia which is all one may be divided into two parts North and South comprehending several Principalities and Dukedoms together with one Republick called North-Lapland The chief City of Muscovy is Moscow but its chief Harbour and place of trade Arch-Angelo Qu. How may Sweden be divided and which are its chief Towns Ans Sweden is divided into many considerable Provinces as Vpland Gothland West-Lapland Finland Livonia and others whereof the capital Cities are Stockholm and Vpsal in Vpland and Calmar in Gothland Qu. How may Denmark and Norway be divided and which are their chief Towns Ans Denmark and Norway are now two Kingdoms united under one Monarch to which we may add Greenland and the Isles of Ferro and Iseland The chief Towns are Copenhagen in Denmark and Berghen in Norway Qu. Which are the chief Towns in Scotland Ans Edinburgh St. Andrews Glascow Sterling Dunbritton Falkland Perth and Aberdeen Qu. How is Ireland divided Ans Into four Provinces viz. Leinster Vlster Munster and Connaugh In which Provinces are 32 Counties Qu. Which are the chief Cities in Ireland Ans Dublin Waterford Galloway Limrick Kingsale Cork Londonderry and Armagh Qu. What is a Peninsula Ans Peninsula quasi pene insula almost an Island is a part of Land which being almost encompassed round with Water is yet joyned to the firm land by some little Istmhus or neck of Earth as Africa is joyn'd to Asia Peleponesus or Morea to Greece Molucca to India Jutland to Holsatia and Corea to Tartary Qu. What is an Istmhus Ans An Istmhus is any narrow neck of Land betwixt two Seas joyning the Peninsula to the Continent as that betwixt Aegypt and Arabia which parts Asia from Africa and those of Panama and Dariene in America Qu. What is a Promontory Ans A Promontory is an high Hill or Mountain that shoots it self out as an Elbow of Land into the Sea the utmost extent whereof is call'd a Fore-land or Cape as the Cape of good-hope in the furthest part of Africa by which those pass that sail into India Also Cape-Verde in Africa the Cape of Victory at the mouth of the Magellanie Seas the Cape of S. Vincent in Portugal with many other Qu. Which are the most eminent Hills or Mountains upon Earth Ans Those of most note are the Pyrenaean Hills betwixt France and Spain Mount Cenis and the Alps betwixt France and Italy Mount Atlas in Mauritania Mount Athos in Macedon Mount Caucasus in India Mount Olympus in Thessaly Mount Taurus in Asia Mount Apennine in Italy and lastly el Pico in Tenariff near the Canary Isles thought to be the highest in the World being 15 miles high and visible 100 miles off at Sea Now besides all these there are many other Mountains no less famous for their vomiting up of Fire than for their heighth as Aetna in Sicily Vesuvius near Naples in Italy Hecla in Iseland and many others of the like nature in the Molucca and Japanese Islands as well as in
time this Planet is diametrically opposite to the Sun Qu. What is an Epocha Ans It is some remarkable point of time from the which Chronologers begin to reckon in reference to the changes of their own Nation Thus the Jews reckoned from their departure out of Aegypt the Grecians from their Olympiads instituted by Iphitus The Romans from the building of their City the Christians from the Birth of Christ and the Turks from their Hegira or flight of Mahomet Qu. What is a Lustre and an Olympiad Ans A Lustre among the Romans and Olympiad among the Grecians signified the space of five years because the Games so called were celebrated every fifth year Qu. How do Sacred Chronilogers begin to reckon Ans First from the Creation to Noah's Flood 1657 years 2dly From the Flood to the calling of Abraham 367 years 3dly From the calling of Abraham to the departure of the Israelites out of Aegypt 430 years 4ly From the Aegyptians Exodus to Solomon's building of the first Temple 480 years 5ly From the building of the first Temple to the erection of the second by Zorobabel 497 years 6ly From the building the second by Zorobabel to the Birth of our Saviour Christ 529 years 7ly and lastly From the Birth of our Saviour to these present times 1683 years Qu. How do Prophane Chronologers begin to reckon Ans First From Nimrod to Cyrus the Great 1646 years 2dly From Cyrus to Alexander the Great 228 years 3dly From Alexander to Julius Caesar 300 years 4ly From Caesar to Constantine the Great 355 years 5ly From Constantine to Charles the Great 455 years 6ly From Charles the Great to Radulphus of Auspurgh 472 years 7ly and lastly From Radulphus to these present times 400 years Qu. Which are the best Authors for Chronology Ans Helvicus Calvisius Bucholcer Funccius Petavius Vsher and Alstedius LIB III. OF HISTORY Of the Assyrian MONARCHY Qu. WHat is History Ans A Record of past actions either Sacred or Civil Qu. Which are the four chief and most ancient Monarchies of the World Ans The Assyrian the Persian the Grecian and the Roman Qu. Vnder what Kings did the Assyrian Monarchy begin flourish and expire Ans It began under Nimrod and flourish'd till Sardanapalus by whose Lust it was divided and almost destroy'd Qu. At what time was the Assyrian Monarchy founded and how long did it last Ans It was founded about seventeen hundred years after the Creation and lasted sixteen hundred forty six years longer Qu. Tell me the Names of the Assyrian Kings in order Ans Nimrod Belus Ninus or Ashur Semiramis Ninias Arius and others unknown till we come to Sardanapalus by whose Luxury Monarchy became divided between two Rebels Arbaces and Belesus and so continued to them and their Heirs till Cyrus's time who began the second Monarchy called the Persian Qu. How came Cyrus to begin the second Monarchy Ans One part of the Empire falling to him by succession from his Grandfather Astygas one of Arbaces's Successors he soon conquered Belshazzer who was Belesus's Successor and so joyning both parts of the Empire together began a new Monarchy in Persia his Native-Countrey Qu. Wat Authors treat of this Assyrian Monarchy Ans The holy Scriptures Josephus Diodorus Siculus Justin Eusebius Matthaeus Vsher Raleigh Hoel and Viginier besides the ancient Ctesias Berosus and Megastenes whereof only some few fragments remain Of the Second OR PERSIAN MONARCHY Qu. WHy was this second Monarchy called the Monarchy of the Medes and Persians Ans Because the Empire did chiefly consist of those two Kingdoms Qu. Vnder what Kings did this Persian Monarchy begin flourish and expire Ans It began under Cyrus whose Race ended in his Son Cambyses after whom Darius Hystaspes having defeated the Magi and won the Empire from his Competitors by the neighing of his Horse it still flourished till Darius Codomanus in whom it ended Qu. How long did this second or Persian Monarchy last Ans It lasted 228 years and was enjoyed only by two Families that of Cyrus and that of Darius Hystaspes Qu. Tell me the Names of the Persian Kings in order Answ Cyrus the Great Cambyses Darius Hystaspes Xerxes Artaxerxes Longimanus Darius Nothus Artaxerxes Mnemon Artaxerxes Ochus Arsames and lastly Dar. Codomanus Qu. What Authors write chiefly of this second Monarchy Ans Herodotus Thucydides Xenophon Plutarch Diodorus Justin and Orosius Of the Third OR GRECIAN MONARCHY Qu. WHy was this Third Monarchy call'd the Grecian or Macedonian Monarchy Ans It was so called from its first Founder Alexander the Son of King Philip of Macedon a Grecian born Qu. When was it that Alexander began to reign Ans 329 years before the Birth of Christ and in 12 years space conquer'd most part of the Universe and is therefore called the Great Qu. How long did the Grecian Monarchy flourish Ans It flourish'd no longer than Alexander's Life for he dying without Sons bequeath'd the Empire to the Worthiest which caused great division amongst the Nobility till at length they divided it into four parts And so it lasted till they were all conquer'd by the Romans who began the Fourth and last Monarchy under the Conduct of Julius Caesar Qu. Which were the Four parts of this Grecian Monarchy after its division Ans The Kingdoms of Macedon Asia minor Syria and Aegypt all which were in the space of 300 years reduced to the Roman Yoak Qu. What Kings succeeded in Macedon after Alexander Ans The first was Alexander's Brother Arideus after whom succeeded fifteen Kings more whereof the last was Perseus who was overcome by Paulus Aemylius the Roman Consul Qu. What Kings succeeded in Asia minor after Alexander Ans But Two whereof the first was Antigonus King Philip of Macedon's Bastard and the second was Demetrius Poliorcetes who being put to flight by his Son-in-law Seleucus Nicanor after that Asia minor was joyn'd to the Kingdom of Syria Qu. What Kings succeeded in Syria after Alexander Ans The first was Seleucus Nicanor after whom succeeded 19 King whereof the last was Tigranes who being subdued by Pompey Syria became a Province to the Romans Qu. Now lastly What Kings succeeded Alexander in Aegypt Ans The first was Ptolomaeus Lagus another of King Philip's Bastards after whom succeeded 12 Princes more till by the death of the famous Cleopatra Aegypt was reduced into a Roman Province And thus Rome having swallowed up the four divisions of the Grecian Monarchy began another which was called the Fourth or Roman Qu. Which are the best ancient Authors that treat of this Grecian Monarchy Ans First Arrianus and Quintus Curtius that write of Alexander himself and secondly Plutarch Justin Polybius and Diodorus that treat concerning his Successors Of the Fourth OR ROMAN MONARCHY Qu. WHen was Rome first founded and by whom Ans Rome was first built 753 years before Christ by the two Brothers Romulus and Rhemus Qu. How hath Rome been anciently govern'd Ans Rome was first govern'd successively by Kings then by annual