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The country reaching from the city of Posideium (built by
Amphilochus, son of Amphiaraus, on the confines of Syria and
Cilicia) to the borders of Egypt, excluding therefrom a district
which belonged to Arabia and was free from tax, paid a tribute of
three hundred and fifty talents. All Phoenicia, Palestine Syria,
and Cyprus, were herein contained. This was the fifth satrapy.
From Egypt, and the neighbouring parts of Libya, together with the
towns of Cyrene and Barca, which belonged to the Egyptian satrapy,
the tribute which came in was seven hundred talents. These seven
hundred talents did not include the profits of the fisheries of Lake
Moeris, nor the corn furnished to the troops at Memphis. Corn was
supplied to 120,000 Persians, who dwelt at Memphis in the
quarter called the White Castle, and to a number of auxiliaries.
This was the sixth satrapy.
The Sattagydians, the Gandarians, the Dadicae, and the
Aparytae, who were all reckoned together, paid a tribute of a hundred
and seventy talents. This was the seventh satrapy.
Susa, and the other parts of Cissia, paid three hundred talents.
This was the eighth satrapy.
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