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He surrounded the town, and the ships joined battle from the sea; he pressed the town hard from land and sea, and permitted no one to leave or enter it.
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for he knew that troubles had converged on him, and his troops had deserted him.
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So Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him were one hundred twenty thousand warriors and eight thousand cavalry.
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He surrounded the town, and the ships joined battle from the sea; he pressed the town hard from land and sea, and permitted no one to leave or enter it.
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Then Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome, with letters to the kings and countries, in which the following was written:
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"Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greetings.
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