Iamque prope ad seditionem pervenerant, Nearcho pervicacius tuente sententiam,  cum Ptolomaeus: Digna prorsus est suboles, inquit, quae Macedonum imperet genti Roxanes vel Barsines filius, cuius nomen quoque Europam  discere pigebit maiore ex parte captivi! Est cur Persas vicerimus, ut stirpi eorum serviamus, quod iusti illi reges, Dareus et Xerxes, tot milium agminibus  tantisque classibus nequiquam petiverunt? Mea sententia haec est, ut sede Alexandri in regia posita, qui consiliis eius adhibebantur, coeant quotiens in commune consulto opus fuerit, eoque quod maior pars eorum decreverit stetur, duces praefectique copiarum his pareant.
And already, as Nearchus maintained his opinion too persistently, they had almost reached the point of mutiny, when Ptolemy  said: Truly a most worthy stock to rule the race of the Macedonians is the son of Roxan or Barsin, whose very name Europe will be ashamed to hear, since it is that of one who is in greater part a captive.  Is that why we have conquered the Persians, that we may serve their stock, a thing which those legitimate kings, Darius and Xerxes, sought in vain with armies of so many thousands and such great fleets?  My advice is this, that the throne of Alexander be set up in the royal quarters, and that those who were summoned to his counsels should come together whenever there shall be need of general consultation, and that what the majority of them shall decide shall stand approved, and that the generals and commanders of troops shall obey those men.
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