Wars, in ancient time, seemed more to move from east to west; for the Persians, Assyrians, Arabians, Tartars (which were the invaders) were all eastern people. It is true, the Gauls were western; but we read but of two incursions of theirs: the one to Gallo-Grecia, the other to Rome.
Bacon fails to observe the actions of Alexander from Macedonia to subjugate all of the Levant held by the Persians and into Egypt and India.
