. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . eceive from his predecessors, and this measure,if not generous, was at least politic. Eor Cyprus was nowvirtually in the power of the Persians, and the blockade ofa few thousand men in Salamis did not draught away asufficiently large proportion of their effective force tobe of any service to Egypt: the money which hadhitherto been devoted to the Cypriots was henceforthreserved for the direct defence of the Nile valley. Evagorasobtained unexpectedly favourable conditions : Artaxerxesconceded to him his title of king and the possession
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . eceive from his predecessors, and this measure,if not generous, was at least politic. Eor Cyprus was nowvirtually in the power of the Persians, and the blockade ofa few thousand men in Salamis did not draught away asufficiently large proportion of their effective force tobe of any service to Egypt: the money which hadhitherto been devoted to the Cypriots was henceforthreserved for the direct defence of the Nile valley. Evagorasobtained unexpectedly favourable conditions : Artaxerxesconceded to him his title of king and the possession of hiscity (383 ), and turned his whole attention to Nectanebo,the last of his enemies who still held out. Nectanebo had spared no pains in preparing effectivelyto receive his foe. He chose as his coadjutor the AthenianChabrias, whose capacity as a general had been manifestedby recent events, and the latter accepted this officealthough he had received no instructions from his govern-ment to do so, and had transformed the Delta into an NECTANEBO I. 291. entrenched camp. He had fortified the most vulnerablepoints along the coast, had built towers at each of themouths of the river to guard the entrance, and had selectedthe sites for his garrison fortresses so judiciously that theywere kept up long after his time to protect the of them are mentioned by name : one, situated belowPelusium, called the Castle of Chabrias; the other, notfar from Lake Mareotis, which was known as his township.^The Persian generals endeavoured to make their meansof attack proportionate to the defencesof the enemy. Acre was the only portin Southern Syria large enough to formthe rendezvous for a fleet, where it mightbe secure from storms and surprises of theenemy. This was chosen as the Persianheadquarters, and formed the base of theiroperations. During three years they there accumulatedsupplies of food and military stores, Phoenician and Greekvessels, and both foreign and native troops. The
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