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προεφυλάξατο. This motive is probable in itself (but v. i.), and is confirmed by E. I. H. (vi. 39-56); Nebuchadnezzar knew the value of loyal alliances. He also made the great ‘Median Wall’, 100 feet high (Xen. Anab. i. 7. 15), from the Euphrates to the Tigris, at the point where the two rivers approached each other most nearly. H. does not mention this, probably because it did not quite reach the Euphrates (Grote, iv. 137 n.); his knowledge is mainly confined to Babylon and what he could see from the river.

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