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in the war. For from Molossus, the son of Pyrrhus and Andromache, was descended Olympias, the mother of the same Alexander of Macedon. And immediately, rushing from there like a leopard, Alexander, together with his generals, took possession of all the lands. And having conquered Darius, king of the Persians, the son of Assalamus, he seized him and his entire kingdom and all the land of the Assyrians and Medes and Parthians and Babylonians and Persians and all the kingdoms of the earth, just as the most wise Bottius wrote, the same Alexander having liberated the cities and the lands and all the earth of the Romans and Greeks and Egyptians from the subjugation and slavery of the Assyrians and Persians and Parthians and Medes, giving back to the Romans all that they had lost. It is therefore from Adam until the victory of Alexander of Macedon 194 5557 years. And at that time the high priest of the Jews was Adduus. And then the Persian regions and its kingdoms were dissolved, and the Macedonians and Alexander with his allies overpowered the land of the Chaldeans and Medes and Persians and Parthians; and having conquered and killed Darius, they entered the palace of the same Darius. And the same Alexander gave laws to their land and reigned over them; and the Persians raised for him an equestrian bronze stele in Babylon, which stands until now. The same Alexander, having taken Roxane, the daughter of Darius the king of the Persians, captive, being a virgin, took her to wife. And the same Alexander also took possession of all the Indian regions and their kingdoms, having also taken Porus the king of the Indians captive; and all the other kingdoms of the nations except for the kingdom of Candace, the widow who reigned over the inner Indians; who captured the same Alexander in this manner. The same Alexander had a custom of entering among the ambassadors sent by him to the enemy kings in the guise of a soldier and seeing what that king was like. But Queen Candace, having learned this, investigated what he looked like and what distinguishing marks he had. And it was said to her that he is 195 short, having large and prominent teeth, and having one grey-blue eye and one black. And she noted these things to herself; and so when he entered before her along with the ambassadors sent by him, recognizing him from the distinguishing marks, she detained him and said to him, King Alexander, you have taken the whole world; and one woman has taken you. And Alexander said to her, Because of the earnestness and excellence of your wisdom I will keep you and your land and your sons unharmed, and I take you to wife. Candace, having heard this, gave herself to him; and Alexander immediately took her with him and went into Ethiopia and to other lands. And when the same Alexander was about to die, he commanded that all his defenders and allies with him should reign over the same land where he had left them and hold the places there. And the same Alexander lived 36 years, and reigned, having subjected all things, for 17 years, and his war lasted 9 years, and he subdued 22 barbarian nations, 13 Greek tribes, and he and those with him founded many cities. It is therefore from Adam until the death of Alexander of Macedon 5563 years, as Theophilus the chronographer wrote. Therefore, after the death of Alexander of Macedon, the lands which the same Alexander had subdued along with his allies were divided into four toparchies, that is, kingdoms; and the 196 Macedonians who were the fellow-shield-bearers of the same Alexander reigned over them just as he had commanded thus. that Philip the brother should hold and reign over Macedonia and all of Europe

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τῷ πολέμῳ. ἐκ τοῦ γὰρ Μολοσσοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ Πύῤῥου καὶ τῆς Ἀνδρομάχης κατήχθη ἡ Ὀλυμπιὰς ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος. καὶ εὐθέως ὡς πάρδαλις ἐκεῖθεν ὁρμήσας ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, ἅμα τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ στρατηγοῖς παρέλαβε πάσας τὰς χώρας. καὶ νικήσας τὸν ∆αρεῖον, βασιλέα Περσῶν, τὸν Ἀσσαλάμου, παρέλαβεν αὐτὸν καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν χώραν Ἀσσυρίων καὶ Μήδων καὶ Πάρθων καὶ Βαβυλωνίων καὶ Περσῶν καὶ πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς γῆς, καθὼς Βόττιος ὁ σοφώτατος συνεγράψατο, ἐλευθερώσας ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος καὶ τὰς πόλεις καὶ τὰς χώρας καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν τῶν Ῥωμαίων καὶ Ἑλλήνων καὶ Αἰγυπτίων ἐκ τῆς Ἀσσυρίων καὶ Περσῶν καὶ Πάρθων καὶ Μήδων ὑποταγῆς καὶ δουλείας, ἀποδοὺς Ῥωμαίοις πάντα ἃ ἀπώλεσαν. Γίνεται οὖν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδό 194 νος νίκης ἔτη εφνζʹ. ἦν δὲ τότε ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ὁ Ἀδδούς. Ἐλύθη δὲ τότε τὰ Περσικὰ μέρη καὶ τὰ βασίλεια αὐτῆς, καὶ κατεδυνάστευσαν οἱ Μακεδόνες καὶ Ἀλέξανδρος μετὰ τῶν ἅμα αὐτῷ συμμάχων τῆς γῆς Χαλδαίων καὶ Μήδων καὶ Περσῶν καὶ Πάρθων· καὶ νικήσαντες καὶ φονεύσαντες τὸν ∆αρεῖον, εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὰ βασίλεια τοῦ αὐτοῦ ∆αρείου. καὶ ἐνομοθέτησεν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν αὐτῶν· καὶ ἤγειραν αὐτῷ οἱ Πέρσαι στήλην ἔφιππον χαλκῆν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἥτις ἵσταται ἕως τῆς νῦν. Ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος τὴν θυγατέρα ∆αρείου τοῦ βασιλέως Περσῶν Ῥωξάνην λαβὼν αἰχμάλωτον, παρθένον οὖσαν, ἠγάγετο εἰς γυναῖκα. παρέλαβε δὲ καὶ πάντα τὰ Ἰνδικὰ μέρη καὶ τὰ βασίλεια αὐτῶν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος, λαβὼν καὶ Πῶρον τὸν βασιλέα Ἰνδῶν αἰχμάλωτον· καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα τὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν βασίλεια δίχα τῆς βασιλείας τῆς Κανδάκης τῆς χήρας τῆς βασιλευούσης τῶν ἐνδοτέρων Ἰνδῶν· ἥτις συνελάβετο τὸν αὐτὸν Ἀλέξανδρον τῷ τρόπῳ τούτῳ. Ἔθος εἶχεν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος μετὰ τῶν πεμπομένων παρ' αὐτοῦ πρεσβευτῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντίους βασιλεῖς εἰσέρχεσθαι ἐν σχήματι στρατιώτου καὶ ὁρᾶν ὁποῖός ἐστιν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκεῖνος. ἡ δὲ Κανδάκη βασίλισσα μαθοῦσα τοῦτο, περιειργάσατο ὁποίας ἐστὶ θέας καὶ τί ἔχει σύσσημον. καὶ ἐῤῥέθη αὐτῇ ὅτι ἐστὶ χθα 195 μαλός, ὀδόντας ἔχων μεγάλους καὶ φαινομένους, ἔχων δὲ ὀφθαλμὸν γλαυκὸν ἕνα καὶ ἕνα μέλανα. καὶ ἐσημειώσατο καθ' ἑαυτὴν ταῦτα· καὶ εἰσελθόντα πρὸς αὐτὴν ἅμα τοῖς πεμφθεῖσι παρ' αὐτοῦ πρεσβευταῖς γνωρίσασα οὖν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν συσσημάτων, συνέσχεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀλέξανδρε βασιλεῦ, τὸν κόσμον ὅλον παρέλαβες· καὶ γυνή σε μία παρέλαβεν. ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος εἶπεν αὐτῇ, ∆ιὰ τὸ σπουδαῖον καὶ περίγοργον τῆς φρονήσεώς σου ἀβλαβῆ σε φυλάξω καὶ τὴν σὴν γῆν καὶ τοὺς σοὺς υἱεῖς, ἄγομαι δέ σε εἰς γυναῖκα. ἥτις Κανδάκη ἀκούσασα δέδωκεν ἑαυτήν· ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος εὐθέως ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν καὶ εἰς ἄλλας χώρας. Μέλλων δὲ τελευτᾶν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος διετάξατο ὥστε πάντας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ὑπερασπιστὰς καὶ συμμάχους βασιλεύειν τῆς αὐτῆς χώρας ὅπου ἦν αὐτοὺς ἐάσας καὶ κρατεῖν τῶν ἐκεῖσε τόπων. ἔζησε δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος ἔτη λςʹ, ἐβασίλευσε δὲ ὑποτάξας τὰ πάντα ἔτη ιζʹ, ὁ δὲ πόλεμος αὐτοῦ ἐκράτησεν ἔτη θʹ, ὑπέταξε δὲ βαρβάρων ἔθνη κβʹ, Ἑλλήνων φυλὰς ιγʹ, καὶ ἔκτισε πόλεις αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ πολλάς. Ἔστιν οὖν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος ἔτη εφςγʹ, καθὼς συνεγράψατο Θεόφιλος ὁ χρονογράφος. Μετὰ οὖν τὴν τελευτὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Μακεδόνος ἐμερίσθησαν εἰς τέσσαρας τοπαρχίας, ἤτοι βασιλείας, αἱ χῶραι ἃς ὑπέταξεν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀλέξανδρος ἅμα τοῖς συμμάχοις αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐβα 196 σίλευσαν αὐτῶν οἱ Μακεδόνες οἱ συνασπισταὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου καθὼς διετάξατο οὕτως. τῆς Μακεδονίας καὶ τῆς Εὐρώπης πάσης κρατεῖν καὶ βασιλεύειν Φίλιππον τὸν ἀδελφὸν