Excerpt from The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Vol. 4 It was about the time of which we fpeak, that Exenetus, vietor in the Olympick games, entered the city in triumph in a magnificent chariot, attended by three hundred more, all drawn by white horfes. Their habits were adorned with gold and filver; and nothing was ever more fplendid than their appearance. Gellias, the molt wealthy of the citizens of Agrigentum, ereeted feveral large apartments in his houfe for the reception and entertainment of his guef'ts. Servants waited by his order at the gates of the city, to invite all firangers to lodge at their.mafier's houfe, whither they condtieted them. Hofpitality was much prae tifed and efteemed by the generality Of that city. A violent ftorm having obliged five hundred horfemen to take {helter there, Gellias entertained them all in his, houfe, and fupplied them immediately with dry cloaths, of which he had always a great quantity in his wardrobe. This is underftanding how to make a noble ufe of riches. His cellar is much talked of by hifiorians, in which he had three hundred refervoirs hewn out of the rock, each of which contained an hundred amphorze. 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."