Book 16
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There are three convenient entrances into this country; one from Media and the places about the Zagrus, through Massabatice; a second from Susis, through the district Gabiane. Both Gabiane and Massabatice are provinces of Elymaea. A third passage is that from Persis. Corbiane also is a province of Elymaïs.
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Sagapeni and Silaceni, small principalities, border upon Elymaïs.
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Such, then, is the number and the character of the nations situated above Babylonia towards the east.
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We have said that Media and Armenia lie to the north, and Adiabene and Mesopotamia to the west of Babylonia.
