[145] And assuredly we have no greater reason to fear the army which wanders about[152] with the King nor the valor of the Persians themselves; for they were clearly shown by the troops who marched inland[153] with Cyrus to be no better than the King’s soldiers who live on the coast. I refrain from speaking of all the other battles in which the Persians were worsted, and I am willing to grant that they were split with factions, and so where not inclined to throw themselves wholeheartedly into the struggle against the King’s brother.