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At the same time the Rhodians went to note war with the Byzantines, for reasons which I must now describe.
As far as the sea is concerned,
common cause formerly with the Gauls, or still more at this
time with the Thracians, or had abandoned the place altogether:
for owing to the narrowness of the strait, and the number of
the barbarians along its shores, it would have become entirely
impassable to our ships. The Byzantines themselves probably
feel the advantages of the situation, in the supplies of the
necessaries of life, more than any one else; for their superfluity
finds a ready means of export, and what they lack is readily
imported, with profit to themselves, and without difficulty or
danger: but other people too, as I have said, get a great
many commodities by their means. As common benefactors
therefore of all
But since the peculiar natural advantages of this site are generally unknown, because it lies somewhat outside the parts of the world ordinarily visited; and since it is an universal wish to be acquainted with things of this sort, by ocular inspection, if possible, of such places as have any unusual or remarkable features; or, if that is impossible, by having in our minds some ideas or images of them as like the truth as may be, I must now state the facts of the case, and what it is that makes this city so eminently rich and prosperous.
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