Iamque Susa ei adituro Abulites, regionis eius praefectus, sive Darei iussu, ut Alexandrum praeda retineret, sive sua sponte filium obviam misit, traditurum se urbem promittens.
And now, as he was on the point of approaching Susa, Abulites, the satrap of that region, whether by order of Darius, in order that the booty might detain Alexander, or of his own volition, sent his son to meet him, promising that he would surrender the city.
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