Histories

Then they swore great oaths to each other, and sallying out fell fighting, all the men of Xanthos [29.35,36.3833] (Perseus)Xanthus.

Of the Xanthians who claim now to be Lycians the greater number, all except eighty households, are of foreign descent; these eighty families as it happened were away from the city at that time, and thus survived. So Harpagus gained Xanthos [29.35,36.3833] (Perseus)Xanthus, and Caunus [28.6333,36.8333] (Perseus)Caunus too in a somewhat similar manner, the Caunians following for the most part the example of the Lycians.

Harpagus, then, made havoc of lower Asia (continent)Asia; in the upper country, Cyrus himself vanquished every nation, leaving none untouched. Of the greater part of these I will say nothing, but will speak only of those which gave Cyrus the most trouble and are most worthy of being described.

When Cyrus had made all the mainland submit to him, he attacked the Assyrians. In Assyria there are many other great cities, but the most famous and the strongest was Babylon [44.4,32.55] (deserted settlement), Babil, Iraq, AsiaBabylon, where the royal dwelling had been established after the destruction of Nineveh (deserted settlement), Ninawa, Iraq, Asia Ninus.[*](606 B.C.Nineveh (deserted settlement), Ninawa, Iraq, Asia Ninus = Nineveh (deserted settlement), Ninawa, Iraq, Asia Nineveh.) Babylon [44.4,32.55] (deserted settlement), Babil, Iraq, AsiaBabylon was a city such as I will now describe.