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beyond the Euphrates, became masters of the country; and lastly the Armenians, who also gained possession of the country without the Taurus as far as Phoenicia. They used their utmost to extirpate the power of the kings and all their descendants, but surrendered the command of the sea to the Cilicians.

The Romans were subsequently compelled to reduce the Cilicians, after their aggrandizement, by war and expeditions, whose progress, however, and advancement they had not obstructed; yet it would be improper to accuse the Romans of neglect, because, being engaged with concerns nearer at hand, they were unable to direct their attention to more distant objects.

I thought proper to make these remarks in a short digression from my subject. 3

Next to the Coracesium is the city Syedra; ^note then Hamaxia, ^note a small town upon a hill, with a harbour, to which is brought down timber for ship-building; the greatest part of it consists of cedar. This country seems to produce this tree in abundance. It was on this account that Antony assigned it to Cleopatra, as being capable of furnishing materials for the construction of her fleet.

Then follows Laertes a fortress, situated upon the crest of a hill, of a pap-like form; a port belongs to it; next, the city Selinus, ^note then Cragus, a precipitous rock on the sea-coast; then Charadrus ^note a fortress, which has a port (above it is the mountain Andriclus ^note) and a rocky shore, called Platanistus, next Anemurium ^note a promontory, where the continent approaches nearest to Cyprus, towards the promontory Crommyum, ^note the passage across being 350 stadia.

From the boundaries of Pamphylia to Anemurium, the voyage along the Cilician coast is 820 stadia; the remainder of it as far as Soli ^note is about 500 stadia (1500?). On this coast, after Anemurium, the first city is Nagidus, then Arsinoë, ^note with a small port; then a place called Melania, ^note and Celenderis ^note a city, with a harbour.