Book 23
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Many streams flow through this country, of which the greatest are the Choaspes, Gyndes,This river is in Syria, not in Media. Amardus, Charinda, Cambyses, and Cyrus. To this last, a great and beautiful river, the elder Cyrus, that lovable king, when he was hastening on his way to seize the realms of the Scythians, gave that name in place of its older one, because it is valiant, as he himself also was said to be, and forcing its way with the exercise of great power, as he did, flows into the Caspian Sea.
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Beyond these tracts, but extending farther to the south, next to the seacoast lies Old Persia, rich in small fruits,Fruits and leguminous vegetables. date-palms, and an abundance of excellent water. For many rivers flow through it into the above-mentioned gulf, the greatest of which are the Batradites,Unknown; apparently the Arosis in Susiana. Rogomanius, Brisoana, and Bagrada.
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But the inland cities are the greater -and it is uncertain for what reason they built nothing conspicuous along the seacoast-notable among which are Persepolis,With striking ruins; the other cities are unknown. Ammianus omits Pasargada, the second city after Persepolis, unless Ardea is a corruption of this. Ardea, Habroatis, and Tragonice. But only three islands are to be seen there: Tabiana, Fara, and Alexandria.
