Igitur Arsames, qui Ciliciae praeerat, reputans quid initio belli Memno suasisset, quondam salubre consilium sero exsequi statuit: igni ferroque Ciliciam vastat, ut hosti solitudinem faciat, quidquid usui potest esse corrumpit, sterile ac nudum solum quod tueri nequibat relicturus.
Therefore Arsames, who governed Cilicia, recalling what Memnon had advised at the beginning of the war, decided too late to follow a plan which at the time was salutary; he devastates Cilicia with fire and sword, in order to make a desert for the enemy, and destroys everything that could be of use, intending to leave barren and bare the soil which he was unable to defend.
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