e in
their districts, so that we who are at home may share in all the wealth
of the world. For if any danger comes, it is we who must ward it off."

[7] With that he ended for the time, but later on when he came to
know what friends of his were ready and willing to go on the terms
prescribed, he selected those he thought best qualified for the work,
and sent Magabazus to Arabia, Artabatas to Cappadocia, Artacamas to
Greater Phrygia, Chrysantas to Lydia and Susia, Adousius, whom the
Carians had asked for themselves, to Caria, and Pharnouchus to Aeolia
and Phrygia by the Hellespont.

[8] But to Cilicia, Cyprus, and Paphlagonia, Cyrus sent no satraps,
because they had shown their willingness to march against Babylon;
tribute, however, was imposed on them as on the others. [9] In
accordance with the rules then laid down by Cyrus, the citadel garrisons
and the captains-of-the-guard are to this day appointed directly by
the king, and have their names on the royal list. [10] All satraps whom
Cyprus sent out were ordered to do as they saw him doing: each was to
raise a body of cavalry and a chariot-force from the Persians and the
allies who went out with him; and all who received grants of land and
official residences were to present themselves at the palace-gates,
study temperance and self-control, and hold themselves in readiness
for the service of their satrap. Their boys were to be educated at the
gates, as with Cyrus, and the satrap was to lead his nobles out to hunt,
and train himself and his followers in the art of war. [11] "Whichever
of you," Cyrus added, "can show the greatest number of chariots in
proportion to his power, and the largest and finest body of cavalry, I
will honour him as my best ally and most faithful fellow-guardian of
the Persian empire. Let the best men always have the preference at your
courts as they have at mine, give them seats of honour as I do, and let
your table be spread, as mine is, not only for your own household, but
for your friends also, and for the honour of him who may accomplish any
noble deed. [12] You must lay out parks and breed game, and never touch
food until you have toiled for it, nor give your horses fodder until
they have been exercised. I am but a single man, with only human
strength and human virtue, and I could not by myself preserve the good
things that are yours: I must have good comrades to help me in goodness,
and only thus can I be your defender; and you likewise, i