Ne Dareus quidem hereditarium Persarum accepit imperium, sed est in sedem Cyri beneficio Bagoae, castrati hominis, admissus; ne vos magno labore credatis Bessum vacuum regnum occupaturum.
Not even Darius received the rule of the Persians by right of succession, but he was admitted to the throne of Cyrus by the favour of Bagoas, a eunuch; so do not suppose that it will be hard  labour for Bessus to seize a vacant kingdom.
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