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HISTORY OF CABIA. 43
the name of the eponymous magistrate usually
occurs; and it is expressly mentioned that the
capital condemnation of Araissis is by virtue of a
warrant from the king, the confiscation of the con-
spirator's property being decreed by the oity of
Mylasa, by vote of the ecclesia, ratified by the tribes,
in accordance with the laws of the state. More-
over, the observance of such formalities in the con-
fiscation of property, as are noted in this and the
two following decrees, shows that, though the power
of Mausolus may have been arbitrarily exercised,
he could not altogether dispense with the traditional
forms of legal procedure by which the life and
property of citizens in Greek states were protected;
and it would seem from this inscription that the
power of inflicting capital punishment had never
been formally conceded to him by the Persian king.
After having established himself in the strong
position of Halicarnassus, we must suppose that
Mausolus gradually extended his dominions, first
over the whole of Caria, and then beyond its limits
into neighbouring provinces; but the history of
Asia Minor during this period is so fragmentary,
that we are unable to present any continuous nar-
rative of his reign.
About B.C. 365, Mausolus joined Autophradates,
satrap of Lydia, in an attack on Ariobarzanes, then
satrap of Phrygia, who had revolted from Artaxerxes,
and they laid siege to Assus, whether with a view to
re-establishing the authority of the Persian king, or
for their own personal advantage. It is said that they
were induced to desist by the personal influence of
Agesilaus, who obtained from both of them pecuniary
the name of the eponymous magistrate usually
occurs; and it is expressly mentioned that the
capital condemnation of Araissis is by virtue of a
warrant from the king, the confiscation of the con-
spirator's property being decreed by the oity of
Mylasa, by vote of the ecclesia, ratified by the tribes,
in accordance with the laws of the state. More-
over, the observance of such formalities in the con-
fiscation of property, as are noted in this and the
two following decrees, shows that, though the power
of Mausolus may have been arbitrarily exercised,
he could not altogether dispense with the traditional
forms of legal procedure by which the life and
property of citizens in Greek states were protected;
and it would seem from this inscription that the
power of inflicting capital punishment had never
been formally conceded to him by the Persian king.
After having established himself in the strong
position of Halicarnassus, we must suppose that
Mausolus gradually extended his dominions, first
over the whole of Caria, and then beyond its limits
into neighbouring provinces; but the history of
Asia Minor during this period is so fragmentary,
that we are unable to present any continuous nar-
rative of his reign.
About B.C. 365, Mausolus joined Autophradates,
satrap of Lydia, in an attack on Ariobarzanes, then
satrap of Phrygia, who had revolted from Artaxerxes,
and they laid siege to Assus, whether with a view to
re-establishing the authority of the Persian king, or
for their own personal advantage. It is said that they
were induced to desist by the personal influence of
Agesilaus, who obtained from both of them pecuniary