Such, then, was the agreement entered into at that time; and to this day the covenants which were then made between the Chaldaeans and the king of Armenia still continue in force. And when the treaty was made, they both together began with enthusiasm at once to build the fort for their common protection, and then together they stocked it with provisions.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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