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4s4i HISTORY OP CARIA.
aid for Sparta. On this occasion Mausolus com-
manded a force of a hundred ships, with which
he also besieged Sestos, aided by Cotys/ king of
Thrace.
A succession of revolts of satraps took place, the
history of which is very obscure ; but in B.C. 362,
these rebellions appear to have ripened into a
general league against the authority of Artaxerxes,
in which Mausolus was associated with Autophra-
dates and Orontes, satrap of Mysia, this latter
being chosen as leader.
The combination was the more formidable, as
Syria and Phoenicia appear to have joined it; and
Tachos, native king of Egypt, was prepared to
contribute his assistance; so that all the western
coast, with its large revenues, was at once sub-
tracted from the empire. Artaxerxes, however,
succeeded in breaking the force of the leagne by
corrupting two of its leading members, Orontes
and Eheomithres.x How the other revolted satraps
were dealt Avith is not recorded in history.
According to Diodorus,y Mausolus accompanied
Artaxerxes in his Egyptian expedition in this'very
year. He may, therefore, have been brought over
to him on the breaking up of the league.
The close of the reign of Artaxerxes Mnemon
was a period of confusion, during which Mausolus
had many opportunities of aggrandising his domi-
nions at the expense of his neighbours/' It may
w XenopL Enc. Ages. ch. ii. § 26, ed. Heiland. Lips. 1841.
Polyffin. vii. 26. Grote, x. p. 405.
*■ Grote, x. pp. 497-8. Diodor. xv. 90, 91. ? xv. 90.
* Diodor. xv. 90, describes him ;is woXXtiv kpvp.a-u)v nut noXeioi'
aid for Sparta. On this occasion Mausolus com-
manded a force of a hundred ships, with which
he also besieged Sestos, aided by Cotys/ king of
Thrace.
A succession of revolts of satraps took place, the
history of which is very obscure ; but in B.C. 362,
these rebellions appear to have ripened into a
general league against the authority of Artaxerxes,
in which Mausolus was associated with Autophra-
dates and Orontes, satrap of Mysia, this latter
being chosen as leader.
The combination was the more formidable, as
Syria and Phoenicia appear to have joined it; and
Tachos, native king of Egypt, was prepared to
contribute his assistance; so that all the western
coast, with its large revenues, was at once sub-
tracted from the empire. Artaxerxes, however,
succeeded in breaking the force of the leagne by
corrupting two of its leading members, Orontes
and Eheomithres.x How the other revolted satraps
were dealt Avith is not recorded in history.
According to Diodorus,y Mausolus accompanied
Artaxerxes in his Egyptian expedition in this'very
year. He may, therefore, have been brought over
to him on the breaking up of the league.
The close of the reign of Artaxerxes Mnemon
was a period of confusion, during which Mausolus
had many opportunities of aggrandising his domi-
nions at the expense of his neighbours/' It may
w XenopL Enc. Ages. ch. ii. § 26, ed. Heiland. Lips. 1841.
Polyffin. vii. 26. Grote, x. p. 405.
*■ Grote, x. pp. 497-8. Diodor. xv. 90, 91. ? xv. 90.
* Diodor. xv. 90, describes him ;is woXXtiv kpvp.a-u)v nut noXeioi'