Mazaeus, dato pugnae spatio, non recto itinere, sed maiore et ob id tutiore circuitu Tigrin superat et Babylona cum reliquiis devicti exercitus intrat.
Mazaeus, although given opportunity for battle, crossed the Tigris, not in a direct course but in a longer and hence safer detour, and entered Babylon with the survivors of the defeated army.
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