... the Sinopeans, situated in the territory of the Tibarenians. [As far as this point the army travelled by land. The length in distance of the downward journey, from the battlefield near Babylon to Cotyora , was one hundred and twenty-two stages, six hundred and twenty parasangs, or eighteen thousand, six hundred stadia; and in time, eight months.] There they remained forty-five days. During this time ...