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CHAPTER II.

HISTORY OE CAHIA.

Hekatomnus, Prince of Caria — his Ancestors ; his Birthplace.
Mylasa. Enfeebled state of the Persian Empire. Revolt of
Evagoras. Accession of Mausolus; his new Capital Halicar-
nassus ; Incorporation of Leleges ; his internal Administration ;
Conspiracies against him; his League with revolted Satraps;
extent of his Dominions ; his Maritime Power. The Social
War. Great Wealth of Mausolus; his Public Works; his
Death, B.C. 353 ; his Character. Accession of Artemisia ; her
successes against Bhodes ; builds the Mausoleum ; Artists em-
ployed ; her Death, B.C. 351. Idrieus; his great power;
assists Artaxerxes Ochus against Egypt and Cyprus; his Death,
B.C. 344. Ada. Decline of the Carian dynasty. League of
Cos, Chios, and Byzantium, B.C. 340. Expulsion of Ada by
Pixodarus; his ambiguous Policy, and overtures to Alexander
the Great; his Death, B.C. 335 ; his Son-in-law, Othontopates,
made Satrap of Caria. Siege and Capture of Halicarnassus by
Alexander the Great. Restoration of Ada. Caria assigned to
Asander, B.C. 323. Character of the Princes of Caria ; causes
of their Power. Caria held by Antigonus till B.C. 301 ;
afterwards subject to the Ptolemies. Inscriptions relating
to those Princes. Caria passes into the hands of Antiochus
the Great. Made a Roman province B.C. 129. Decay of
Halicarnassus.

What were the exact limits of the dominions
of Iiekatomnus in Caria, whether a portion of
those dominions was hereditary, or whether Caria
was assigned to him on a repartition of satrapies
after the death of Tissaphernes, are points on
which we have no sure information; nor can we
ascertain whether this prince was in any way