Nepos, Datames 7

1From this man, nevertheless, Sisinas, his eldest son, broke away, went over to the king and informed him of his father's revolt. 1Disturbed by this news, because he understood that he had to deal with a brave and energetic man, who was accustomed to think before he attempted anything and, once he had thought, dared to act, Artaxerxes sends Autophradates into Cappadocia. 2To prevent him from entering, Datames tried to seize in advance the pass in which the Cilician Gates are situated. 3But he could not gather his forces so quickly. 3Thwarted in this, he chose, with the force he had gathered, a position of such a kind that he could not be surrounded by the enemy, nor could his adversary pass by without being hemmed in on both sides, and, if he wished to fight, the enemy's numbers could not do much harm to his own few.