Now during the time that Cyrus was busy with the arrangements about the fortress, many of the Assyrians of the country round about surrendered their horses and many laid down their arms, because now they were afraid of all their neighbours.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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