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13.
Exim nivibus et montibus fessi, postquam campos
propinquabant, copiis Carenis adiunguntur, tramissoque
amne Tigri permeant Adiabenos, quorum rex Izates
societatem Meherdatis palam induerat, in Gotarzen per
occulta et magis fida inclinabat. sed capta in transitu
urbs Ninos, vetustissima sedes Assyriae, et castellum insigne
fama, quod postremo inter Darium atque Alexandrum
proelio Persarum illic opes conciderant. interea Gotarzes
apud montem, cui nomen Sanbulos, vota dis loci suscipie-
bat, praecipua religione Herculis, qui tempore stato per
quietem monet sacerdotes ut templum iuxta equos venatui
adornatos sistant. equi ubi pharetras telis onustas accepere,
per saltus vagi nocte demum vacuis pharetris multo cum
anhelitu redeunt. rursum deus, qua silvas pererraverit,
nocturno visu demonstrat, reperiunturque fusae passim
ferae.
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