Polygraphy and the Seven Secondary Intelligences

ON THE SEVEN SECONDARY INTELLIGENCES

Imitation of the Roman Republic.

...which he would have done to the last of them, had the King not been persuaded by the counsel of his own people to ransom them from death by paying the price that had been requested for all. Likewise, the Romans, having abolished the Kings, established two consuls per year. Phalaris the tyrant occupied Sicily in those times. Magic also was held in high regard among the Kings of the Persians.

Pythagoras.

Pythagoras the philosopher and many others flourished among the Greeks then.

Ezra.

The Temple in Jerusalem and the city were rebuilt. Ezra the prophet Original: "Esdras." Ezra is a key figure in the Old Testament who led the second group of Jews returning from Babylon., using his memory as a template Original: "pro Archetypo." Trithemius is referencing the tradition that Ezra reconstructed the Torah by heart after the original scrolls were lost in the fire., restored the books of Moses which had been burned by the Chaldeans, who were also called Babylonians.

Xerxes.

Xerxes, King of the Persians, led an army against the Greeks, but he accomplished little.

Rome is captured.

Rome was captured, set on fire, and destroyed by the Gauls, with the exception only of the Capitol, which was protected by a goose waking the weary guards This refers to the famous legend of the "Sacred Geese" of the Capitoline Hill (c. 390 BCE), whose honking alerted the Roman defenders to a midnight invasion by the Gauls.. The most famous wars of the Athenians also occurred during these times.

Socrates. Plato.

Socrates and Plato, the philosophers, lived at that time. The Romans, again having abolished the consuls,

Tribunes. Aediles.

instituted Tribunesofficials elected to protect the rights of the common people (plebeians) and Aedilesofficials responsible for public buildings and festivals, and they were embroiled in many calamities during these times.

Alexander the Great. The Persian monarchy destroyed.

Alexander the Great also reigned in Macedonia after the governance of Michael was completed. He destroyed the Monarchy of the Persians under Darius, and subjugated all of Asia along with part of Europe to his own empire; he lived 33 years and reigned for 12 years and five months. After his death, infinite wars and many evils followed, and the Monarchy was divided into four parts Following Alexander's death, his empire was split among his generals, known as the Diadochi.. Among the Hebrews, a great struggle for the high priesthood began. The Kingdom of Syria was established.