And although the king within three years397-394 B.C. destroyed the dominion of the Lacedaemonians,An exaggeration: it was the Spartan sea-power only that was destroyed. who were then at the height of their glory and power, yet after he had waged war against Evagoras for ten years,390-380 (?) B.C. he left him lord of all that he had possessed before he entered upon the war. But the most amazing thing of all is this: the city which, held by another prince, Evagoras had captured with fifty men, the Great King, with all his vast power, was unable to subdue at all.