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The twelfth, the Bactrians as far as the land of the Aegli; these paid three hundred and sixty. The thirteenth, the Pactyic country and Armenia (region (general)), AsiaArmenia and the lands adjoining as far as the Black Sea [38,42] (sea)Euxine sea; these paid four hundred.

The fourteenth province was made up of the Sagartii, Sarangeis, Thamanaei, Utii, Myci, and the inhabitants of those islands of the southern sea on which the king settles the so-called displaced people;[*](The regular term for the peoples of individuals who were transplanted from the western into the eastern parts of the Persian empire; the a)na‐ implying removal from the sea to the highlands.) these together paid a tribute of six hundred talents.

The Sacae and Caspii were the fifteenth, paying two hundred and fifty. The Parthians, Chorasmians, Sogdi, and Arii were the sixteenth, paying three hundred.