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of Cambyses, there were no specific tributes, but pres­
ents were made to the sovereign. On account of
these and similar innovations, the Persians call Darius
a merchant, Cambyses a despot, but Cyrus a parent.
Darius seemed to have no other object in view but the
acquisition of gain; Cambyses was negligent and
severe; whilst Cyrus was of a mild and gentle tem­
per, ever studious of the good of his subjects.

XC. The Ionians and Magnesians of Asia, the
iEoIians, Carians, Lycians, Melyeans, and Pamphy-
lians, were comprehended under one district, and
jointly paid a tribute of four hundred talents of silver;
they formed the first satrapy. The second, which
paid five hundred talents, was composed of the My-
sians, Lydians, Alysonians, Cabalians, and Hygen-
nians., A tribute of three hundred and sixty talents
was paid by those who inhabit the right side of the
Hellespont, by the Phrygians and Thracians of Asia,
by the Paphlagonians, Mariandynians, and Syrians;
and these nations constituted the third satrapy. The
Cilicians were obliged to produce every day a white
horse, that is to say, three hundred and sixty annually,
with five hundred talents of silver; of these one hun­
dred and forty were appointed for the payment of the
cavalry who formed the guard of the country; the re­
maining three hundred and sixty were received by
Darius : these formed the fourth satrapy.

XCI. The tribute levied from the fifth satrapy was
three hundred and fifty talents. Under this district,
was comprehended the tract of country which extend­
ed from the city Posideium, built on the frontiers of
Cilicia, and Syria, by Amphilochus, son of Amphi-
araus, as far as Egypt, part of Arabia alone excluded,
which paid no tribute. The same satrapy, moreover,
included all Phoenicia, the Syrian Palestine, and the
isle of Cyprus. Seven hundred talents were exacted
from Egypt, from the Africans which border upon
Egypt, from Cyrene and Barce, which are compre­
hended in the Egyptian district. The produce of the
fishery of the lake Mosris was not included in this,
neither was the corn, to the amount of seven hundred
talents more; one hundred and twenty thousand
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