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[6] Εὐτύχημα δὲ μέγιστον βασιλεῖ γεγονέναι τὸ μήτε ἐν Βάκτροις, μήτε ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις, ἀλλ̓ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι κατειλῆφθαι, πλησίον τῆς Συρίας: ἐκβὰς γὰρ τὸν Εὐφράτην εὐθὺς ἐν χερσὶν ἕξει τοὺς ἀφεστῶτας. Ἔδοξεν οὖν τὴν μὲν ἤδη περὶ αὐτὸν δύναμιν ἐξάγειν, διαπέμψαι δὲ πανταχόσε κελεύοντας τὴν στρατιὰν ἐπὶ ποταμὸν Εὐφράτην ἀθροίζεσθαι. Ῥᾴστη δέ ἐστι Πέρσαις ἡ παρασκευὴ τῆς δυνάμεως.
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