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But as soon as Anileus understood that Mithridates was marching with
a great army against him, he thought it too ignominious a thing to tarry
about the lakes, and not to take the first opportunity of meeting his enemies,
and he hoped to have the same success, and to beat their enemies as they
did before; as also he ventured boldly upon the like attempts. Accordingly,
he led out his army, and a great many more joined themselves to that army,
in order to betake themselves to plunder the people, and in order to terrify
the enemy again by their numbers. But when they had marched ninety furlongs,
while the road had been through dry [and sandy] places, and about the midst
of the day, they were become very thirsty; and Mithridates appeared, and
fell upon them, as they were in distress for want of water, on which account,
and on account of the time of the day, they were not able to bear their
weapons. So Anileus and his men were put to an ignominious rout, while
men in despair were to attack those that were fresh and in good plight;
so a great slaughter was made, and many ten thousand men fell. Now Anileus,
and all that stood firm about him, ran away as fast as they were able into
a wood, and afforded Mithridates the pleasure of having gained a great
victory over them. But there now came in to Anileus a conflux of bad men,
who regarded their own lives very little, if they might but gain some present
ease, insomuch that they, by thus coming to him, compensated the multitude
of those that perished in the fight. Yet were not these men like to those
that fell, because they were rash, and unexercised in war; however, with
these he came upon the villages of the Babylonians, and a mighty devastation
of all things was made there by the injuries that Anileus did them. So
the Babylonians, and those that had already been in the war, sent to Neerda
to the Jews there, and demanded Anileus. But although they did not agree
to their demands, (for if they had been willing to deliver him up, it was
not in their power so to do,) yet did they desire to make peace with them.
To which the other replied, that they also wanted to settle conditions
of peace with them, and sent men together with the Babylonians, who discoursed
with Anileus about them. But the Babylonians, upon taking a view of his
situation, and having learned where Anileus and his men lay, fell secretly
upon them as they were drunk and fallen asleep, and slew all that they
caught of them, without any fear, and killed Anileus himself also.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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