Histories

and the gold coin being thirteen times the value of the silver, the gold-dust is found to be worth four thousand six hundred and eighty Euboic talents. Therefore it is seen by adding all together that Darius collected a yearly tribute of fourteen thousand five hundred and sixty talents; I take no account of figures less than ten.

This was Darius' revenue from Asia (continent)Asia and a few parts of Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya. But as time went on he drew tribute also from the islands and the dwellers in Europe (continent)Europe, as far as +Thessaly [22.25,39.5] (region), Greece, Europe Thessaly.

The tribute is stored by the king in this fashion: he melts it down and pours it into earthen vessels; when the vessel is full he breaks the earthenware away, and when he needs money coins as much as serves his purpose.