Excerpt from The Ancient History, Vol. 8 of 8: Of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians Sect. I. Ptolemaeus Auletes having been placed upon the throne of Egypt in the room of Alexander, is declared the friend and ally of the Roman people, by the influence of Caesar and Pompey, which he purchases at a very great price. In con sequence, he loads his subjects with taxes. He Is expelled the throne. The Alexandrians make his daughter Berenice queen. He goes to Rome, and, by money, obtains the voices' of the heads of the commonwealth for his re-establishment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.