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[2] For after the Persians revolted from them, their kingdom was attacked by most of the nations also. Else how did Cyrus1 rise from private citizen to the kingship over all of Asia? By his considerate treatment of the conquered. When, for example, he took King Croesus captive, far from doing him any injustice he actually became his benefactor; and in much the same way did he also deal with all the other kings as well as peoples.

1 King of Persia, 550-529 B.C.

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