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110 and Hybreas of Mylasa both wished to oppose him, but others, who were without arms and inclined toward peace, yielded. Hybreas especially provoked Labienus, for when the latter struck coins with the legend Hybreas said: "Then I shall call myself 'Carian general. When Mylasa was taken the home of Hybreas was especially singled out for plunder, but the orator himself had sought safety in Rhodes. Alabanda also surrendered only after sharp fighting; Stratonicea of Caria, though it was besieged a long time, was never taken. A later rescript of Augustus praised Stratonicea for its resistance to the Parthian attack. L. Munatius Plancus, governor of Asia, fled to the islands for refuge. The forces of Labienus may even have penetrated as far as Lydia and Ionia. Naturally he did not neglect the opportunity thus created to collect funds from the captured territory.

Pacorus, proceeding along the coast, and Barzapharnes, one of his commanders, marching farther inland, met with equal success in the south. All Syria