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Having, however, thus wreaked his vengeance on the Gyndes, by
dispersing it through three hundred and sixty channels, Cyrus, with
the first approach of the ensuing spring, marched forward against
Babylon. The Babylonians, encamped without their walls, awaited
his coming. A battle was fought at a short distance from the city, in
which the Babylonians were defeated by the Persian king, whereupon
they withdrew within their defences. Here they shut themselves up,
and made light of his siege, having laid in a store of provisions for
many years in preparation against this attack; for when they saw Cyrus
conquering nation after nation, they were convinced that he would never
stop, and that their turn would come at last.
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