Seque, cum transiret mare, non Ciliciam aut Lydiam'quippe tanti belli exiguam hanc esse mercedem', sed Persepolim, caput regni eius, Bactra deinde et Ecbatana ultimique Orientis oram imperio destinasse.
Also let him know that Alexander, when he crossed the sea, had not aimed at the rule of Cilicia or Lydia'for that would be a slight reward for so great a war'but of Persepolis, the capital of Darius kingdom, then of Bactra and Ecbatana, and the lands of the remotest Orient.
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