_Thucydides_ [119] tells us further, that the _Greeks_ began to come into _Sicily_ almost three hundred years after the _Siculi_ had invaded that Island with an army out of _Italy_: suppose it 280 years after, and the building of _Syracuse_ 310 years before the end of the _Peloponnesian_ war; and that invasion of _Sicily_ by the _Siculi_ will be 590 years before the end of that war, that is, in the 27th year of _Solomon_'s Reign, or thereabout. _Hellanicus_ [120] tells us, that it was in the third Generation before the _Trojan_ war; and in the 26th year of the Priesthood of _Alcinoe_, Priestess of _Juno Argiva_: and _Philistius_ of _Syracuse_, that it was 80 years before the _Trojan_ war: whence it follows that the _Trojan_ war and _Argonautic_ Expedition were later than the days of _Solomon_ and _Rehoboam_, and could not be much earlier than where we have placed them. The Kingdom of _Macedon_ [121] was founded by _Caranus_ and _Perdiccas_, who being of the Race of _Temenus_ King of _Argos_, fled from _Argos_ in the Reign of _Phidon_ the brother of _Caranus_. _Temenus_ was one of the three brothers who led the _Heraclides_ into _Peloponnesus_, and shared the conquest among themselves: he obtained _Argos_; and after him, and his son _Cisus_, the Kingdom of _Argos_ became divided among the posterity of _Temenus_, until _Phidon_ reunited it, expelling his kindred. _Phidon_ grew potent, appointed weights and measures in _Peloponnesus_, and coined silver money; and removing the _Pisæans_ and _Eleans_, presided in the Olympic games; but was soon after subdued by the _Eleans_ and _Spartans_. _Herodotus_ [122] reckons that _Perdiccas_ was the first King of _Macedon_; later writers, as _Livy_, _Pausanias_ and _Suidas_, make _Caranus_ the first King: _Justin_ calls _Perdiccas_ the Sucessor of _Caranus_; and _Solinus_ saith that _Perdiccas_ succeeded _Caranus_; and was the first that obtained the name of King. It's probable that _Caranus_ and _Perdiccas_ were contemporaries, and fled about the same time from _Phidon_, and at first erected small principalities in _Macedonia_, which, after the death of _Caranus_, became one under _Perdiccas_. _Herodotus_ [123] tells us, that after _Perdiccas_ Reigned _Aræus_, or _Argæus_, _Philip_, _Æropus_, _Alcetas_, _Amyntas_, and _Alexander_, successively. _Alexander_ was contemporary to _Xerxes_ King of _Persia_, and died _An._ 4. Olymp. 79, and was succeeded by _Perdiccas_, and he by his son _Archelaus_: and _Thucydides_ [124] tells us that there were eight Kings of _Macedon_ before this _Archelaus_: now by reckoning above forty years a-piece to these Kings, Chronologers have made _Phidon_ and _Caranus_ older than the Olympiads; whereas if we should reckon their Reigns at about 18 or 20 years a-piece one with another, the first seven Reigns counted backwards from the death of this _Alexander_, will place the dominion of _Phidon_, and the beginning of the Kingdom of _Macedon_ under _Perdiccas_ and