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Necos, when he gave up the construction of the canal, turned all his
thoughts to war, and set to work to build a fleet of triremes, some
intended for service in the northern sea, and some for the navigation
of the Erythraean. These last were built in the Arabian Gulf where
the dry docks in which they lay are still visible. These fleets he
employed wherever he had occasion, while he also made war by land upon
the Syrians and defeated them in a pitched battle at Magdolus, after
which he made himself master of Cadytis, a large city of Syria. The
dress which he wore on these occasions he sent to Branchidae in
Milesia, as an offering to Apollo. After having reigned in all
sixteen years, Necos died, and at his death bequeathed the throne to
his son Psammis.
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